“Zeugma mosaics are a unique collection of pictorial art reflecting private taste in ... third centuries and depict scenes of Greek and Greco-Roman mythologies that reflect “private taste ...

PETERSBURG — Why were the mosaics buried on the lawn in the first ... a matching challenge gift of $50,000. Antioch, a Greco-Roman city founded by a former general of Alexander the Great ...

Turkish farmer Mehmet Emin Sualp was recently preparing to plant trees on his land when he noticed a layer of tiles buried in ...

This is just the latest discovery from Maryamin, where several other ancient mosaics have been unearthed ... Mosaic Depicting The Greco-Roman Goddess Of Fortune Unearthed In Syria The recently ...

Traditionally, mosaic art is identified with Greco-Roman murals, stained-glass Bibilical ... cutting out the tiles, pasting, grouting or filling the crevices and polishing the final piece.

An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a Roman floor mosaic during ... explained that the floor mosaic is unique in Egypt but similar mosaics have been found in several areas in Rome ...

The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria ... but also to the popularity of mosaic art in Alexandria.

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Unprecedented ...

Turkey’s authorities and actual archeologists do not approve of the activity—even if you happen to uncover a 2,000-year-old mosaic dedicated to the ancient Greco-Roman concept of luxury and ...