Bertrand Lavédrine is director of the Centre de recherche sur la conservation des collections (CRCC) in Paris

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This reproduction is of a Greek vase in the form of a pitcher or jug and is done in the animal style

Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife in Ancient South Italian Vase Painting jewelry gifts Bertrand Lavédrine is director ofEdited by David Saunders Abundantly illustrated, this essential volume examines depictions of the Underworld in southern Italian vase painting and explores the religious and cultural beliefs behind them. What happens to us when we die? What might the afterlife look like? For the ancient Greeks, the dead lived on, overseen by Hades in the Underworld. We read of famous sinners, such as Sisyphus, forever rolling his rock, and the fierce guard dog