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The
central courtyard in the
middle of the Vatican museum
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A
lion is carved outside of one
of the entrances to the
courtyard
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The
giant "collosal" head of
Augustus Caeser (perhaps
15 feet high).
1st
century AD
Further
Description
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In
the courtyard, we can see
some of the architectural
work of the museum itself,
including the near ubiquitous
marble columns and the
statues that adorn them.
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Back
inside the museum is a
hallway of priceless antiquities,
cordoned off from the public.
Who
knows how many artifiacts
and treasures the Vatican
museum contains besides
the curators themselves?
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Jupiter,
perhaps, sits outside
and overlooking all
who travel throughout
the grand courtyard.
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