The "Gypsy Girl" awaits the return of looted mosaics to Turkey
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in in Gaziantep, Turkey opened in 2011 as the largest mosaic museum in the world. Containing some 1700m2 of...
Bellerophon astride Pegasus—spectacular Roman mosaic unearthed in England
Berkshire in southeast England is a county rich in history. The eastern end of the county contains Windsor Castle. The original castle...
Mosaics, tablets, a mass grave, and new lighting for the Roman Forum
During the summer months, archaeologists and other classical researchers studying the Mediterranean region leave their ivory towers and...
Tiffany’s glass mosaics on exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass
The Gilded Age in the United States generally referred to the post-Civil War period from the 1870s to the turn of the 20th century, when...
“Abandoned after fires, leaving a ‘real little Pompeii’” near Lyon
Vienne is located on the Rhone River in southern France near Lyon (modern aerial view of Vienne above by Daveblack is shared here under...
An ancient technique for decorating a modern transportation system
Mosaics of ceramic, glass, and other materials has been used for thousands of years in decorating public and private spaces. While the...
Ancient treasures of Zeugma unearthed
Although flood waters from construction of a dam have submerged much of the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey, archaeologists excavating...
Rare mosaic of chariot race found in Cyprus
A farmer first noticed a portion of this mosaic back in 1938 and the area was marked for protection. But archaeologists only recently...
“Two by two”
Recent archaeological investigations in Israel have revealed 5th-century mosaics portraying a number of events outlined in the Bible....
“A dolphin under your bed”
Depictions of dolphins in ancient mosaics, on frescoes, on ceramic vessels differed drastically from one civilization to another,...