The Bardo is the most important museum in Tunis, offering one of the finest collections of Roman art in the world. One of its most impessive exhibits is a giant head of Jupiter, which once stood in the main temple at Dougga. I waited for a tour group to throng below its niche, and photographed it from across the room just as one of its members raised her camera in homage to Jupiter. They stand in awe of its size and its age – it dates from 161 AD, the year Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome. By filing this image with abstracted tourists, I contrast the ancient and modern worlds. Jupiter was one of Rome’s most important gods, and he still causes conversations to cease and cameras to rise.