During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii ... The 2,000-year-old mosaic was discovered in 1831 within the floor of a mansion in Pompeii known as the House of the Faun. About a decade later ...

Drawn to the features of late 19th-century Barcelona ... A variety of colourful mosaic tiles were either restored or authentically re-created when too damaged. White melamine floor-to-ceiling ...