factual scale. Another illustration of the Temple of Isis from Jean Claude Richard de Saint Non's 1782 volume of Voyage Pottoresque, ou, Description desroyaumes de Naples et Sicile also features a gross misrepresentation of the temple's size. Its intense shadowing and looming clouds only contribute to the Egyptomanian tendency to mystify and marginalize Egypt as it compares to post-Englightenment European notions of religion. Photographs of the temple's ruins, taken by archeologists and compiled in the "Pompeii in Pictures" webpage demonstrate the disparity in size between these illustrations and the physical space itself. Notes References Balch, D.L. (2003). "The Suffering of Isis/Io and Paul's Portrait of Christ Crucified (Gal. 3:1): Frescoes in Pompeian and Roman Houses and in the Temple of Isis in Pompeii", The Journal of Religion, 83(1), 24-55. Brogi, Giacomo. (1870). "Tempio d'Iside", n5038, Wikimedia Commons. "Cambridge Ancient History XI, High Empire 2nd ed. The Diaspora Cults", (1970), Cambridge University Press. Dio, Cassius. "Roman History, Vol VIII", (1925), Re-published on penelope.uchicago.edu Hackworth Petersen, L. (2006). "The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History", Cambridge University Press. Hackworth Petersen, L. (2016). The Places of Roman Isis. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. Meyers, C. (2016). "The Cult of Isis and Other Mystery Religions in Pompeii and the Roman World." Nappo, Salvatore. "Pompeii: Guide to the Lost City", White Star, 2000, Plutarch. "Isis and Osiris" from the Moralia, Book V. Available on penelope.uchicago.edu pompeiiinpictures.com https://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R8/8%2007%2028%20p1.htm Römischer, Gottesdienst. "Ehre Isis.". Wikimedia Commons External links Photographs of exterior of temple along with many other photos of other Pompeiian ruins Photo of Io mural from the Ekklesiasterian Photos of Temple of Isis along with other Pompeiian ruins Image of Reconstruction of Temple of Isis Isis Temples of Isis 1st-century Roman temples