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Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall
The ruins of ancient temples, roads, a harbor and a cistern for collecting rainwater lie near Turkey’s western coast. Some ...
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Motza mosaicists: Putting an ancient Roman mosaic floor back together
Rescue excavation of the ancient sites was needed ... The history of the mosaic art form began in the 5th century BCE, initiated by the Greeks. Pebbles were embedded into a bed of mortar, creating ...
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A Rare Mosaic Depicting Two Cupids in Combat and a Monumental Inscription Found in the Bouleuterion of the Ancient City of Teos
Located on the western coast of Türkiye, facing Athens, the city of Teos was in antiquity a major hub of culture, art, and ...
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Ancient genetics—Was Gilgamesh a mosaic?
The Ancient Mesopotamian poem entitled the Epic ... two thirds could imply that Gilgamesh was either a genetic chimera or mosaic. Although the ancients Mesopotamians were aware of the concept ...
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Ancient Mosaic floor to be displayed at FIU Frost Museum
What’s not to love about an enormous ancient mosaic floor that features a menagerie ... Then there’s the mystery of who commissioned it. The Frost Art Museum at FIU opens its exhibition ...