St Matthew, who was a tax collector before becoming one of Jesus’ apostles.
Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Calabrian monk, who was said to have been able to levitate.
Gabriel, who broadcast the message of the birth of Jesus.
Isidore of Seville, who created a database of all knowledge in the 7th century.
Clare of Assisi, who saw and heard Christmas Mass when too ill to leave her bed.
In fact there are 80 arches, but only 76 were used by the crowds, while the other four were for the emperor and other VIPs.
The vomitoria provided a quick exit – people spewed out of them.
The velarium was an awning meant for providing shade.
Yes, most stadiums are modelled on the Colosseum.
They were raised in lifts.
Silver-grey marble.
It is oval shaped.
The column trunks were fluted (ribbed).
The columns had Corinthian capitals, decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls.
Suetonius, the biographer, said that Emperor Domitian was so afraid of an assassin creeping up behind him that he had the walls of the peristyle lined with shiny selenite, to act as a mirror.
Lucilla.
A Flavian Woman.
Ritratto femminile (D).
Ritratto femminile (F).
Ritratto femminile (c).
Valente or Onorio.
Sausages! And your job will probably be to clean the intestines and then stuff them with the meat, herbs and spices.
In the ancient Roman domus (house) underneath.
An earthquake.
In Renaissance Rome.
(a) At the foot of the cross.
(b) To the left and right of the arm of the cross.
Off the central nave in a low broad aisle.
His left foot is bent back against the floor, as if he is about to push himself to his feet. The muscles in his legs are tense, not relaxed.
He is frowning, gazing into the distance and fiddling with his beard.
The Ten Commandments.
In the courtyard portico. She has a very fierce expression and her dressed hitched up to make it easy for her to run.
From the Boats of Nemi.
The ivories stolen from a Roman villa.
On the fresco from Livia’s villa.
From the chryselephantine statue of Apollo.
They are lined along the central nave.
Directly on the left of the church’s central doors.
Outside in the piazza on top of the ancient column.
In the basilica’s museum.
A blank space. There was originally a portrait of the Emperor’s second son, Gela, but after having him murdered, Caracalla ordered all references and images of his brother to be obliterated.
Pinocchio.
Next to the River Plate.
Beside the River Plate.
Frightening the River Plate.
In the water.
Over the River Nile.
The Nile, because the source of the river was unknown.
Held by the Ganges, because it was easy to navigate.
A cross.
In simple robes and bare feet.
The boy.
There is no shadow – Caravaggio may have wanted to show that the light was miraculous.
For inserting metal jewellery.
There are holes in the eyes and mouth.
A fanged serpent. It was supposed to represent heresy – ideas that the Catholic church believed were wrong.
It has an old lady and man in its grip. They are supposed to be in the grip of heresy.
He is about to kick the old couple – probably to remind them that their beliefs are wrong!
(a) He has most of his body missing and has a crown of laurel.
(b) His son-in-law Agrippa.
(c) Gaius Caesar.
(d) Four.
Three.
Inside the main door. The flower and butterfly above it symbolize the brevity of life.
On the floor of the Chigi chapel.
On the floor inside the main door.
The one on the right is taller, narrower and more elaborate.
The one on the right is taller.
Trick question! They are the same.
They have fish tails and birds’ wings.
Fish tails.
A conch shell.
More conch shells.
In the atrium.
In Room 40.
(a) Jackson Pollock (Room 27).
(b) Lucio Fontana (Room 2).
(c) Cy Twombly (Room 27).
Yes, Pluto is gripping her so tight that her flesh dimples under his fingers.
Three.
A dog – this is Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guarded the gate to hell.
Tracks, scratches on trees, stones overturned and poo.
They ask people not to buy products made with the skins of crocodiles and snakes.
When he is bending over his neck to drink – it takes a long time to straighten up again, making a quick escape impossible.
In the stained glass and on the capitals of columns.
On a wrought-iron lamp in the hall.
In stucco on the cornice of the room called Salottino dei Satiri.
On the roofs.
On the right side, the 3rd, 4th and 5th. On the left side, the 2nd and 3rd.
They are all to the left of the left-hand door.
In the corner of the mosaic to the left of the central window in the apse.
Antica Farmacia Santa Maria della Scala.
Santa Cecilia church.
Ponte Sisto oculus.
Tasso’s Oak.
asa della Fornarina.
Anita Garibaldi’s child, tucked under her arm.
Manfredi lighthouse.
On the mosaic floor of the Room of the Animals.
Flanking the giant pine cone in the Cortile della Pigna.
In the Gallery of Maps.
In the Carriage Pavilion.
In the Egyptian Museum.
Persian Sibyl.
Erythrean Sibyl.
Prophet Ezekiel.
Prophet Isaiah.
Libyan Sibyl.
Delphic Sibyl.
The man with a white beard standing in the centre of the steps.
Dark bearded man sitting in the foreground with his head resting on a hand.
Bald man in the right hand corner surrounded by eager students.
Young man with long hair and a black cap.
The only woman in the painting – dressed in white and to the left, at the foot of the steps.
Nit-comb in the Egyptian Museum.
In paintings by the Crivelli brothers in the Pinacoteca.
Stories of St Nicholas of Bari in the Pinacoteca.
In the Room of the Animals.
In the Sala Paolina, next to the door into the Sala del Perseo.
He is also in, or seems just about to enter, the Sala Paolina, through a fake door.
The main stairway from the Atrium.
On the Overhang.
The reception desk seen from above.
MAXXI’s interactive guide includes the rental of a Nintendo DSi XL portable console – set up so kids can take photos of whatever interests them.
1, 2 & 3. In the tomb with frescoes of Christ as the Good Shepherd.
4. In the tomb known as the Cappella Greca.
The tower on the left-hand side of Via Appia Antica, just after the junction with Via Cecilia Metella.
The tomb of Gneo Bebio Tampilo, out along the road, on the right-hand side.
On the left after St Urban.
The Tomb of Ilario Fusco, on the right, diagonally opposite the temple of Jupiter.
In the first dressing room.
In the courtyard leading to the dressing rooms.
Look for a staircase leading to nowhere as you walk from the frigidarium to the second set of changing rooms.
At the far end of the frigidarium. It is a sea horse.
Terme di Nettuno.
Piazzale delle Corporazioni.
Piazzale delle Corporazioni.
Terme di Cisiarii.
Theatre.
Thermopolium of Via Diana.
Maritime Theatre.
Cryptoporticus – between the Winter Palace and hospitium.
On the edge of the Canopus.
The Winter Palace.