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Ancient Mosaic Art

Vibrant and detailed mosaics from ancient sites, depicting mythological scenes and intricate patterns, showcasing historical artistry in floor designs.

England,West Sussex,Chichester,Fishbourne,The Roman Palace,Cupid on a Dolphin Mosaic
England,West Sussex,Chichester,Fishbourne,The Roman Palace,Cupid on a Dolphin Mosaic
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A picture of the Padrao dos Descobrimentos pavement art, as seen from the top of the monument (Lisbon)
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Roman mosaic. Neptune riding a chariot. Detail. Baths of Neptune. Ostia Antica. Italy.
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Stone mosaic of white and black sea pebbles from 1737, reconstructed in 1966, in the garden of the Palazzo Reale, former baroque royal palace, Via Balbi, 10, Genoa, Italy, Europe
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Early Christian Roman Mosaic of Christian Basilica, c1st-2nd century. Artist: Unknown.
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Bacchus, Ancient Roman god of Wine (Dionysius in Greek pantheon) riding on a tiger. Roman mosaic of 1st or 2nd century AD. British Museum, London
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Village Lavaudieu, Saint Andre Abbaye, fresco in the refectory, the largest in Auvergne, Haute Loire department, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France, Europe
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Roman mosaic of two ships, a light house, and a dolphin, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown
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Octopuses, dolphins and lobsters, mosaic floor in the Roman Baths of Bevagna, Umbria, Italy, Roman civilization, 2nd century.
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Roman mosaic of a merchant ship, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown
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This painting was found on a wall in the catacomb of Praetextatus in Rome.
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El león enamorado, indiana, tafetán de algodón estampado con rodillo de cobre, 1798, MTIB 22707. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.
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Historical mosaic, Stanjevici Monastery, Manastere de Stanjevici, Montenegro, Europe
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Mosaic from the church of Santa Maria de Tarrassa. Part of the monuments of the churches of San Pedro de Terrassa. Barcelona.
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Mosaic floor, detail of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 1867, by Giuseppe Mengoni (1829-1877), Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 19th century.
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Band with wine leaves, Mosiak copy from Aquileia, 1st century, Mosaic school producing mosaic masters, Spilimbergo, city of mosaic art, Friuli, Italy, Spilimbergo, Friuli, Italy, Europe
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England, London, Knightsbridge, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Cast Courts, Moasic Flooring Pattern
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The museum of Sens. Cement tile floor. France. (Sens, Yonne, France)
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Portugal. Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio. 1st-4th centuries AD. Detail of a mosaic with the names of the owners: Cardilio and Avita. Environs of Torres Novas.
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Champeix. Rural fresco on a shed wall. Puy de Dome department. Auuvergen Rhone Alpes. France
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Figurative mosaic with hunting scene, House of the Fountains, first half of the 2nd century, Conimbriga, city of the Conventus Scallabitanus, district of Coimbra, Portugal.
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This 1903 illustration shows a frieze of archers at Susa. Shown here is part of the relief frieze in colored glazed tile from the Audience Hall (known as the apadana) of the royal palace at Susa (in present-day Iran). The figures represent members of the powerful royal bodyguard of a Persian king around 400 B.C. , the time of Darius I, who invaded Greece and started what is known today as the Persian Wars (the Greeks being the victors). Darius I built the palace. This relief is now housed in the Louvre in Paris, France.
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Roman mosaics, 1st century BC, in the Roman Villa of Torre Llauder or Can Llauder, Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Greek inscription on a stone, Ephesus, Turkey
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The Processional Way of Babylon. constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city. The walls were finished in glazed bricks mostly in blue, with animals and deities in low relief at intervals, these also made up of bricks that are moulded and colored differently. It was excavated in the early 20th century, and a reconstruction using original bricks, completed in 1930, is now shown in Berlin's Pergamon Museum.
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Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Hatay, Mosaic museum, restoration work on floor mosaic
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Antique mosaic at the archeological excavation site Olynthos on the peninsula of Chalcidice, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe
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Roman Mosaic with fish swimming, Bardo National Museum, Carthage, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa
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Italica, Roman mosaic, ancient Roman city, 206 BC., Andalusia, Spain.
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Merida, Spain -- 28 March, 2022: mosaic sign on the museum entrance to the old Roman theater and arena in Merida