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Images of gladiators being mauled by lions have been featured on mosaics and pottery, but this is the first time skeletal evidence of the fighting has been found. Image: An ancient Roman mosaic ...
Spanning 8.4m x 6m of the station floor, Jeremy Deller’s commission Roman Mosaic c. 2025 was created in collaboration with Yorkshire-based sculptor and mosaic artist Coralie Turpin, and ...
While the Bardo Museum as a whole is impressive, one of the its main attractions is the staggering number of ancient mosaics that grace its walls and floors. Collected from Roman and Byzantine ...
Luisa Musso, a specialist in mosaics and Roman archaeology at the University of Rome Three, says, "I've seen mosaics all over this area, and these are extraordinary." The scenes captured the gore ...
Gloucester in the United Kingdom, was established by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. Given the city has a long and storied history one could expect that when you turn over a rock, you’re ...
The remains of one of the biggest Roman villas in the UK features mosaics, two bath houses and a water shrine. There is a museum, café and shop as well as a picnic area which is perfect for an ...
This can be clearly seen in a Roman mosaic from the late 2nd century BC preserved in the Archaeological Museum of El Djem in Tunisia. While some remains of Roman amphitheaters still survive in Britain ...
I found this book of Tunisian mosaics and it was a light bulb moment, looking at these mosaics which depicted everyday life in Roman North Africa. The book explained how archaeologists had learnt so ...
We have two weeks left of our crowdfund to raise the money to publish a book of Tessa Hunkin’s Hackney Mosaic Project but we still have quite a way to go to reach our target. So I thought I would ...