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The Iron Crypt of the Heretics: 11–13: Harley Stroh: 2005: Sequel to DCC #12 Nomination, Best Adventure, 2006 Gen Con ENnie Awards [3] 13: Crypt of the Devil Lich: 15: Chris Doyle, Lisa Doyle, Mike Ferguson, Joseph Goodman, Andrew Hind, Jason Little, Adrian M. Pommier, Jeffrey Quinn, F. Wesley Schneider, Andrew N. Smith: 2005: Gen Con 2004 ...
The popularly named "Tomb of the Julii" (Mausoleum "M") survives in the Vatican Necropolis beneath St. Peter's Basilica.The serendipitous discovery near the crypt has a vaulted ceiling bearing a mosaic depicting a solar deity with an aureole riding in his chariot, [1] within a framing of rinceaux of vine leaves.
Robert E. Lee is a bronze sculpture commemorating the general of the same name by Edward Virginius Valentine, formerly installed in the crypt of the United States Capitol as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. [1] [2] [3] The statue was given by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1909. [4]
The National Statuary Hall in 2011. The National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter.
The crypt also contains the Magna Carta Case, a gold case which held one of the copies of the Magna Carta when it was on loan to the United States for the Bicentennial celebration. There are 12 (previously 13) statues from the National Statuary Hall Collection , representing the 13 original states, located in the crypt.
Leochares: Apollo Belvedere.Roman copy of 130–140 AD after a Greek bronze original of 330–320 BC. Vatican Museums. Classical sculpture (usually with a lower case "c") refers generally to sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, as well as the Hellenized and Romanized civilizations under their rule or influence, from about 500 BC to around 200 AD.
The most recent piece installed in the complex [note 1] is the Statue of Billy Graham, which was unveiled to the public in May 2024. [6] [7] Many of the statues within the complex are located within the National Statuary Hall Collection, [8] comprising two statues donated by each of the fifty states to honor persons notable in their histories. [8]
The statue was built to commemorate Rhodes' victory over the invading Macedonians in 305 BC, led by Demetrius I, son of Antigonus, a general under Alexander the Great. Also attributed to Chares was a colossal head that was brought to Rome and dedicated by P. Lentulus Spinther on the Capitoline Hill in 57 BC ( Pliny , Natural History XXXIV.18).