Roman Tunisia - Bardo Museum

The Tunis suburb of Bardo is home to the extraordinary Bardo Museum, which houses an enormous collection of mosaics from about the 2nd to the 4th century, spanning the Roman period into the Christian period.


Check out the expression, the individuality, the movement of this face. How do they do that in stone? Incredible.


This is a river god, again with great liveliness and movement.


I took a picture of this because it looks like an alien, and we thought George's son would like it. Apparently, it is a symbol of fertility and prosperity and was common near the entrance of a home to bring good luck.