#porta alchemica
Roman stray cat on one of the two statues of Bes —Egyptian deity present in the Nile Valley since the Old Kingdom (ca.2686-2181 BC), later extended to Syria, Persia and Rome— that flank the strange, mysterious Alchemical Gate of Piazza Vittorio. Photo by Elliott Erwitt ~ 1959 •Bibliothèque Infernale on FB
Read more about the Porta Alchemica here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica
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