Hidden under less than 20 inches of soil on a farmer’s field in Turkey, there lay a colorful mosaic depicting a host of captivating hunting scenes from the Roman era. The 1,700-year-old tiles ...
A huge Roman mosaic that was uncovered in southern Turkey by archaeologists from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The well preserved tiles once decorated a bathhouse during the Roman Empire's ...
Wealthy Romans'villa-farms and town houses had mosaic flooring in important rooms. Two complete mosaics, found during excavations at Magnis in 1912-13, are displayed in the stairwell of the museum.
On this day in 2023, the East Anglian Daily Times reported that a Roman mosaic was discovered buried under a pavement outside ...
Excavation in Pergamon, Turkey unearthed a “Mosaic House” from the Roman period. Archaeologists also discovered an intact, sealed roof tile, indicating that a king once owned the building.
The Seasons Mosaic was found in Dyer Street, Cirencester in 1849. It dates to the mid 2nd century and is one of the most impressive pavements ever found in Roman Britain. The mosaic depicts the ...
This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room in a Roman building at Cherhill, near Calne. The panel shows a hunting dog ...