Reptile Gallery

Roman statue of Asclepius

Roman statue of Asclepius. The cult of the deity of Greek medicine, known as Asclepius, dates from the 6th century BC. Asclepius is represented in statues holding a staff around which a serpent twines, a symbol which survives today as a medical emblem. He was taught surgery and the use of drugs by Chiron the centaur. Asclepius was slain by a thunderbolt from Zeus because of complaints the ministrations of Asclepius were reducing the population of Hades (the underworld for the dead). This statue is displayed in the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

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Galapagos Giant TORTOISE - by volcano - Alcedo Crater

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Galapagos Giant TORTOISE - by volcano - Alcedo Crater
Galapagos Islands
Geochelone elephantopus
Endemic to the Galapagos Islands
Auscape
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Last Judgement, Novgorod Icon (tempera on wood)

3469089 Last Judgement, Novgorod Icon (tempera on wood) by Russian School (15th century); 162x115 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: At the second coming "the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne, with all the nations gathered before him. He will separate people into two groups" and the righteous He will bless, and they will enter eternal life; and the wicked He will curse and they will go away to eternal punishment.
); Russian, out of copyright

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