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1. Garden of Delights Loggia

The loggia frescoes (c.1595) are a catalogue of the exotic fruits, plants and animals then being imported from the New World.
2. Athena Parthenos

The 1st-century BC Greek sculptor Antioco carved this statue to match the most famed sculpture in antiquity, the long-lost Athena in Athens’ Parthenon.
3. “Grande Ludovisi” Sarcophagus

This mid-3rd century AD sarcophagus, deeply carved and remarkably well-preserved, shows the Romans victorious over the barbarian Ostrogoth hordes.
4. Orestes and Electra

This 1st-century AD statue was carved by Menelaus, an imitator of the great Greek artist Praxiteles. The scraps of 15th-century fresco nearby depict some wedding gifts from the marriage of Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza.
5. Ludovisi Throne

This set of 5th-century BC reliefs depicting the birth of Aphrodite came to Rome from a Calabrian Greek colony and were discovered in the 19th century.
6. Dionysus with Satyr

Imperial Rome was in love with Greek sculpture, producing copies such as this grouping of Dionysus, a satyr and a panther.
7. Apollo Playing the Lute

There are two 1st-century AD Apollos in the museum, both restored in the 17th century.
8. Suicidal Gaul

This suicidal figure supporting his dead wife’s arm was part of a trio, including the Capitoline’s Dying Gaul commissioned by Julius Caesar to celebrate a Gaulish victory.
9. Egyptian Statuary

The Egyptian collections are divided into three sections related to that culture’s influence on Rome: political theological, popular worship and places of worship. The showpiece is the impressive granite Bull Api , or Brancaccio Bull (2nd century BC).
10. Colossal Head of Ludovisi Hera

German writer Goethe called this his “first love in Rome”. It is believed to be a portrait of Claudius’s mother, Antonia.