Greek Isis with Sistrum Equinox The Sybils at Cumae were

The Sybils at Cumae were her oracles

Scary things

and her Vestal Virgins tended the sacred flame of Rome

Beneath the summer garden bouquet is a warm

Greek Isis with Sistrum Equinox The Sybils at Cumae wereThe original of this magnificent statue, carved from black basalt, was recovered off the coast of Alexandria. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in the 4th century B. C. E., Egyptian art took a decidedly Hellenistic turn. This beautiful reproduction of the statues recently recovered from the Mediterranean Sea is the classical Lady whose "divinity is adored throughout all the world in divers manners, in variable customs, and by many names." As