Archeologists Unearth a 1,500-year-old Byzantine monastery in Israel, Large Mosaic With Greek Inscription Found Experts recently unearthed a large Byzantine-era monastery complex that had a unique ...

There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?

Archaeologists working in the ancient Greek city of Assos (Greek: Ἄσσος), located in what is now modern-day Çanakkale Province, northwestern Turkey, have uncovered a 2,200-year-old mosaic and a ...

According to a study published this week in the journal PLOS One, researchers identified ten colors of tesserae in the mosaic—including shades of red, yellow, green, blue, pink, white ...

This analysis revealed that the mosaic consists of ten different colors, including shades of white, brown, red, yellow, pink, green, gray, blue ... from Cape Matapan in Greece.

and the dark red tesserae possibly from Cape Matapan in Greece. Traces of wax, mineral gypsum, and calcium oxalate were also found. These substances were probably applied to the mosaic during ...

The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples ... located in Mediterranean regions such as Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia. For instance, the white tesserae might ...

Kalamata is certainly more than just the land of its world-coveted olives. Nestled between the dramatic Taygetos Mountains and the glinting blue waters of the Ionian Sea, this Mediterranean coastal ...