3rd-century Roman mosaic finds its way home, thanks to local association
With support from the Nigrán City Council and crowdfunding, the Association for the Repatriation of the Mosaic raised €58,000 to purchase the piece.
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Experts Are Unraveling the Mysteries of This Breathtaking 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Depicting Alexander the Great in Battle
A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing restoration, researchers have learned that the artwork’s stones came from quarries ...
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Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia
The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), is ...
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A Farmer Was Working In His Field—and Found a 1,700-Year-Old Roman Mosaic
A farmer discovered a 900-square-foot mosaic from the third century in ... And the discovery of this ancient art comes thanks to, or all things, a cherry tree sapling. Locating additional stone ...
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Ancient house at Herculaneum, known for its beautiful floor mosaics, reopens to the public
The archaeological park of Herculaneum in Campania, Italy, has reopened one of its most spectacular ancient dwellings for ... been inhabited by the family of Roman proconsul Marco Nonio Balbo ...
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3rd-century Roman mosaic finds its way home, thanks to local association
An ancient Roman mosaic, known as the Roman Mosaic of Panxón ... The circle was closed when workers from the specialized company World Pack-Art&Services unloaded it in two pieces: the legs ...
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Experts Are Unraveling the Mysteries of This Breathtaking 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Depicting Alexander the Great in Battle
The ancient artwork was uncovered during ... Today, they are among the best-preserved pieces of Roman art. The researchers found that the mosaic’s creators paid “particular attention to ...