Gallo-Roman sculpture, Musee de l'Arles Antique, Arles
Head of Bacchus, Roman god of wine, Gallo-Roman, crowned with wreath of vines and grapes and wearing a micra (headband to protect from headaches), late 1st - early 2nd century AD, from Fontvieille Meunerie de Barbegal near Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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