Fishbourne Roman Palace: Salthill Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, Sussex PO19 3QR, Tel: 01243 785859. The site developed from a military base at the time of the Roman invasion in AD43 to a sumptuous ...
there lay a colorful mosaic depicting a host of captivating hunting scenes from the Roman era. The 1,700-year-old tiles include images of the now-critically endangered Anatolian leopard biting the ...
It is also an example of "opus sectile," a mosaic work made of marble, glass, and pearl that was cut and arranged to create patterns or images. Baiae was an ancient Roman settlement situated on ...
Archaeologists in Cyprus made a remarkable discovery—an intricately designed 4th-century Roman mosaic depicting a dramatic ...