After several hours at Herculaneum, Maggie and I returned to the Archaeology Museum. I wanted to see their stature of "Artemis"—since this was a major goal for me; plus there was a lot of the Museum we hadn't seen the previous day.

We began by returning the the Amber show, where I took a few more photographs of objects I had overlooked earlier.

This is the first exhibit you see in the amber show. It is a large natural (but polished) nodule of amber with a some insects (probably ants) inside. The second photograph is not of an ancient piece, but one that is several 100 years old. These fantastic creations were composed from several types of amber, and sometimes other materials (such as ivory), and served different functions. They were liturgical pieces in churches, or high art in the homes of the wealthy. The amber has tended to become more reddish over time.

JDA.