Another silk tapestry
Stunning

 

These three photos are of an incredibly large silk tapestry
that most people walked by without noticing
Perhaps the art of the other side of the hallway was more interesting...
but I don't agree 

Merry Christmas

Can you imagine the work that went
into this floor...

Or how about this one?

 

Floor to ceiling
Everything is covered with art

These two Egyptian Warriors seem out of place here
Standing guard over the Roman elite

 
 

This is a statue not a painting
Stunning!

We're not even into the 'best part' of the museum yet...
everyone comes to see the Sistine Chapel

 

Welcome to the Vatican Museum
As you can plainly see it's very popular with tourists
We are following the orange and red flag...

Just like the ceilings in the Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
 there is much to see

 

I liked this Pine Cone ? sculpture
This building is the exit of the museum into the gardens

A strange picture I know...
Wall on the right has been cleaned
Wall on the left has not
This is what the pollution does to stone/marble

 

We had a wake up call at 5:30
Our group was waiting outside the Vatican Museum by 7
We were two blocks away from the main entrance, standing in line with
all the other booked groups
The line moved well enough that we were admitted by 7:45

The dome of St. Peter's Cathedral
taken
from the garden