By Martin ClarkSome people think of mosaic making as a craft but really good mosaicists can introduce perspective, depth of field, movement and ‘life’ into mosaic.Of course, in Cyprus, that’s been ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times. In some instances, the scents were also applied in ways that ...

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...

They unearthed the remains of two ancient Greek mosaics dating to the third century B.C.E. that once covered the floors of ...

Dezeen Showroom: durability meets a soft, handmade-style aesthetic in the Fresco textile, created by US brand Designtex for busy environments. Fresco is a coated upholstery textile made from 100 ...

Per Omnia, the building would have fit several hundred people. Many ancient Greek cities had a bouleuterion, which hosted civic ceremonies and sometimes cultural performances. Teos’ bouleuterion ...

Joana Kruse/Alamy Stock Photo; Peter Horree/Alamy Stock Photo You might think, given the intervening millennia, that we would already have found most of the world's ancient ... mosaic featuring a ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish outdoor brand Gandia Blasco and design studio Odosdesign have evolved their quintessentially Mediterranean Ensombra sunshade with add-on seating and side tables. The ...

Unearthed in the village of Akaki, near Nicosia, this stunning floor mosaic is one of only a few known worldwide that vividly portray the excitement of ancient Roman hippodromes ... written in Greek.

Still, many questions remain about the port as well as the larger ancient city of Asini. Greek myth states that the region near Asini was first populated by the Dryopes, an ancient tribe that lived on ...