Türkiye Today reports that Turkish archaeologists led by Gorkem Kokdemir of Ankara University at the site of Magnesia in western Turkey have uncovered an extensive 2,400-year-old area paved with ...

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Credit: Gunthram / CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists have discovered ancient mosaics and detailed floor decorations during ongoing excavations in the ancient Greek city of Olympos (Greek: Ὄλυμπος) in modern ...

Daphni’s mosaic designers worked at a time when Byzantine artists, moving away from elongated and stylized forms, turned for suave beauty and expert molding to the long-ignored classic Greek ...

Since the late 1980s, archaeologists have been working at the site of the ancient city of Zeugma in eastern Turkey -- founded around 300 BC -- to uncover mosaics depicting scenes from Greek and ...

The Ancient Greeks used black and white pebbles and the Romans were delighted by the rock colours in Cyprus and cherished the hard (green) “terra verdae” stone, making mosaic tesserae out of it.

The mosaic floor, located in what is believed to be the monastery’s main aisle, features intricate designs of crosses, lions, doves, flowers, geometric patterns, and an amphora (an ancient jug).

In the building’s main aisle, they also unearthed a decorative mosaic floor featuring crosses, lions, doves, flowers, geometric patterns, an amphora (an ancient jug) and the Bible verse.

"Ancient Greek mosaics dating back to the 2nd century BC, discovered in Zeugma, Turkey, show remarkable artistry and provide a glimpse into the cultural wealth of the Eastern Roman Empire," reads ...