A massive Roman floor mosaic was just uncovered in a fourth-century C.E. Roman villa in Turkey. The ornate tiles span over ...

The Roman mosaic floor that I chose was found in Motza, in a garden near a modern house. I fell in love with it because of the image of the partridge, a local bird, and what it signifies.

This large floor tile from Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, is of a type called a sesquipedalis commonly used on floors supported by tile columns with underfloor heating. The surface shown here ...