The famous “Alexander Mosaic” reproduced for a new exhibit
The houses of Pompeii were once lined with elaborate mosaics. A reproduction of a mosaic that once decorated the floor of house in Pompeii has been reproduced for the exhibit “Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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After Alexander, when art made the world smaller
By Philip Kennicott
The Washington Post
June 18, 2016