Reconstruction of the Serapeum of the Canopus of Hadrian's Villa; Tivoli.This room still conserves part of the original eighteenth-century museum decoration; with walls painted in tempera depicting exotic environments and false alabaster; frames with cyma moulding and a ceiling painted with stars. It houses various statues found in Tivoli in the area of Hadrian's Villa; the renowned residence constructed at the behest of the emperor Hadrian (117-138 A.D.). They probably adorned Egyptian-inspired spaces inside the villa.The layout of the room follows the hypothetical reconstruction of the Serapeum of the Canopus of the villaVatican Museums (Gregorian Egyptian Museum) 2018