Satyr Fountain from the House of the D. Octavius Quarto, white marble, 1st century AD. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Women and a child among palms, alabaster panel from Nineveh, mid-7th century BC. (Museo Barracco, Rome)

Bronze tree with birds (of the type that produced bird song using hydraulic devices), Pompeii, 1st century AD. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Multi-spouted fountain in the form of the Lernean Hydra (the mythical many-headed beast killed by Hercules), bronze, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Aphrodite and Eros in a Garden setting, Attic red figure vase, late 5th century BC. (British Museum, London)

Eros fountain from the Lamian Gardens of Viila Palombara, Rome, white marble, 1st century AD.(Capitoline Museum, Rome)

Detail of Painted Garden from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, 1st Century AD. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Painted Garden from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, 1st Century AD.  (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Drunken Hercules from the House of the Stags, Herculaneum, white marble, 1st century BC - 1st century BC. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

'Oscullum' (mobile) in the form of a Maenad, follower of Bacchus, from the House of the Gilded Cherubs, white marble, 1st century AD.  (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Garden rake, iron, found at Stabia, 1st century AD. (Soprintindenza Archeologica, Pompeii)

Jusqu'au 28 Octobre 2007. Lire l'article de Roderick Conway Morris, "Early slices of paradise: Gardens in ancient times" http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/12/arts/conway.php