Archaeologists (probably grad students) get Pantheon preservation duty
Those are some big columns on that Pantheon.
Cute Roman baby
Bernini's elephant supporting an obelisk
This ancient marble foot is just in a little alley.
Fountain in the Piazza Navona
Column of Marcus Areleus
Ostia Antica is an ancient port city that was preserved by mud from the Tiber river. It's kind of like Pompeii.
A tree and a slab in Ostia Antica
Denny takes a break with Ringos
The main road down Ostia Antica had ridges worn into it from thousands of years of cart and chariot wheels
The Baths of Neptune had really cool mosaics of sea creatures.
The Baths of Neptune were really big. You can see by our shadows.
It wasn't very busy, though we did see a handful of other visitors, such as this couple.
The theatre. It used to be twice that high.
Ornate ship mosaic
This was in a Mithraem, a site of worship for an ancient sect that included snakes as a fertility symbol
This was a restaurant. This photo shows the counter and a wall-painting of the menu (you could get carrots, peas, a drink, and plums)
The greatest beverage of the ancient and modern world.
The Pyramid of Caeus Cestius. It's Roman, but it's contemporaneous with Egyptian pyramids (they were in style during CC's time)
The Spanish Steps on St. Patrick's Day, when every Irish person in Rome wore green for the Italy-Ireland rugby match.
Hieroglyphics on the imported Egyptian obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo.
The twin churches at the Piazza del Popolo.
Denny overlooking the Piazza del Popolo from Pincio, part of the Borghese gardens
Denny uses his orienteering skills to get us headed in the right direction.
There was a pond with fauna.
Cute little Roman
Denny ate pizza every single day except one.