Roman Mosaics

Exquisite ancient mosaics portraying mythological scenes and daily life, rich in detail and vibrant colors, found in historical sites across Europe.

Morocco, Volubilis. Mosaic of Bacchus and Ariadne in the Roman ruins at Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL - EVA SALIENDO DE COSTILLA DE ADAN. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN.

Australia, The Kimberley, Raft Point. Wandjina figures, painted by Worona people up to 20,000 years ago

Turkey, Ephese, Couretes street, mosaics detail

Roman mosaics Roman mosaics, Medinaceli, Soria, autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23041179

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Roman Ruins of Volubilis, Mosaic Tiles

Bireme, detail from the Nilotic mosaic of the flooding of the river Nile in Egypt, from the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina, Lazio, Italy. Roman civilization, 1st century BC.

Bikini girl, a girl, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Etruscan plate with a war elephant fighting against the Carthaginians. Etruscan art. Ceramics. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia.

Room of the Seasons, mosaic floor, 3rd, 4th century luxury Roman villa, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

ARTE ROMANO. ESPAÑA. MOSAICO de una villa romana del siglo I. Marbella. Provincia de Málaga. Andalucía.

ARTE ROMANO. DIOS BACO. MOSAICO PROCEDENTE DE LA ANTIGUA COMPLUTUM , EN ALCALA DE HENARES.

Mosaic with circus scene. 310. Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona.

Campana, relief whit nilotic scene, terracotta, Rome, 1st century, Gregorian Egyptian Museumn Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Roma, Lazio, Italia.

Italy, Roma, 2022-04-14. Tourism through the city of Rome, the Italian capital, with its monuments and archaeological sites.Italie, Rome, le 2022-04-14. Tourisme a travers la ville de Rome, capitale italienne, entre ses monuments et ses sites archeologiques.

Italy - Basilicata Region - Venosa - Abbey - Fresco

Frieze depicting a scene of judgment, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Triclinio C parete destra settimo riquadro. Detail. Frieze depicting a scene of judgment garland leaf light blue/azure green vine/grapevine grotesques

Head of Medusa, mosaic (detail). House of the vestals, Pompeii. 1st century AD. Roman work. Naples Archaeological Museum. Italy.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of army general Tjenuny, Mural painting showing cows

A canon and a pair of Castellani surrounded by death, detail from The Dance of Death, fresco from the 15th Century. Abbey Church of St Robert, La Chaise Dieu, France.

Italy, Campania, Herculaneum. A fresco in the Hall of Augustals depicting Hercules with Acheloo.

PANTEON REAL - PINTURAS ROMANICAS - FINALES DEL SIGLO XI PRINCIPIOS DEL XII. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO, LEON, SPAIN.

Tomb painting from a chamber tomb from ca 480 B. C. Lucanian period, in the Museum of Paestum, Campania, Italy, Europe

painted house with old typical scenes, Valldemossa,Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

DETALLE DEL MOSAICO OCTOGONAL DE LA VILLA ROMANA DE LA VEGA BAJA (TOLEDO), REPRESENTANDO UN PUERTO ROMANO Y ESCENAS MARITIMAS (HACIA 300 D.C.). EN EL MUSEO DE SANTA CRUZ.

Detalle del Tapiz de la Creación, siglo XI, Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Girona.

Detail of a relief showing an archer of the Persian Royal Guard, Palace of Darius I, Susa, c500 BC. Artist: Unknown

Mosaic in the house of Eustolios in the ancient city of Kourion, Episkopi, Cyprus, Europe

Roman fresco depicting a scene of seduction between Mars and Venus in the presence of a cupids and a maid. First imperial era. House of Love Punished. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Villa of Poppea, remains of the fresco decoration. Historic town of Oplontis, Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy, Europe

Venus en una barca, mosaico, siglo III, Utica, Tunez.

Mural, 14th century, Old Cathedral of Lleida.

Bulgaria - Kazanlak - Tracian civilisation - 4th century b.C. - Tomb of a Tracian prince, musicians, fresco detail

Fresco(XV), Vasca Limaria (XI Roman building), Capitular Museum, Atri, Abruzzo, Italy

Roman mosaic of a Hunter with dogs chasing a fox, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Hellenistic court, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, mural (fresco). Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Detail. Wall decoration room columns trabeation/entablature red background cinnabar bearded old man stick kausia lance/spear shield woman sitting drapery

Fragment of an Animal Carpet. Dimensions: Rug: L. 30 11/16 in. (78 cm)W. 21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm). Date: late 16th century.The theme of fantastic and grotesque animals was popular during the last quarter of sixteenth century in Mughal India. This carpet fragment of woolen pile on cotton warp and weft is one of the rarest types of Mughal carpets. A goat protrudes from the mouth of a lion while overlapping birds reciprocally face each other against a red colored background typical of Mughal carpets. The overall scheme is enigmatic with sparse foliage between the creatures. It seems to have been inspired by the Indian makara-torana an arch in which scrolls issue from the mouth of a hybrid elephant-headed crocodile. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman mosaic. Chariot racing in circus. 4th cent. From old Royal Palace. Ancient Barcino (Barcelona). Spain.

Tunisia, Tunisian Central Coast, El Jem, El Jem Museum, Roman-era mosaic

Geometric roman mosaic with anagram. Limestone. 4th century. Cuevas de Soria, Soria, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Man riding horse by Ancient Altaian, Pazyryk Burial Mounds, Felt, circa 5th-4th century BC, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 640x450

Pompeii, Italy, Scenic painting of Roman inhabitants in a fresco of an ancient Roman villa in Pompeii, Southern Italy

Blassac village. Church mural painting. Haute-Loire department. Auvergne Rhone Alpes. France

Murals Murals , Church of Our Lady of the Assumption , Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21692651

Ancient Roman relief in the thermal Stabian Spa, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Frescoes in the Kyauk Tawgyi Pagoda in Amarapura at the end of U'bein's Bridge, European sailboat with drinking sailors, Burma, Myanmar, Asia 1982

Germany, Cologne (aka Koln). 13th Century Gothic Cologne Cathedral. Spectacular medieval mosaic floors.

Decorated Chest from Tutankhamun's Treasure. Tut. and his wife in the marshes. EGYPT.

Angels and demons, detail from the Triumph of Death, 1336-1341, attributed to Buffalmacco (active ca 1314-ca 1351), fresco transferred to canvas, 564x1497 cm, Hall of Frescoes, Campo Santo Monumentale (monumental cemetery), Cathedral Square or Square of Miracles (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1987), Pisa, Tuscany. Italy, 14th century.

Red-figured bell-krater (wine-bowl) with a scene from a Phlyax play. Made in Paestrum about 330 BC attributed to Python as Painter. An old man drags his drunken slave home after a feast at which the slave rather than the master has over-indulged.

Roman 4th Century Ad mosaic from Rusguniae, in modern day Algeria.

DETALLE DE FRESCOS CON IMAGENES DE SIRENAS, EN EL MUSEO DEPARTAMENTAL DE L'OISE BEAUVAIS, FRANCIA.

Adam and Eve. 10th c. Coptic art. Fresco. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Coptic Museum. Proc: EGYPT. AL-FAYYUM. Al-Fayum.

France, Gallo-Roman villa Loupian.

BUSTO DE OCEANO- MOSAICO ROMANO DE LA VILLA DE MATERNO CINEGIO - S IV. Location: VILLA ROMANA. CARRANQUE. Toledo. SPAIN.

Roman mosaic. Port scenes. 3rd-4th century. From Vega Baja de Toledo. Museum of Hospital de la Santa Cruz. Toledo, Spain.

Algeria, Tazoult, Mosaic work depicting a Nereid seated on a sea monster.

Apsidiole from Sant Esteve d'Andorra, Fresco transferred to canvas, 12th century. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Floor mosaic from a Roman villa. Artist: Unknown

DT-BORDADO HISPANO MUSULMAN DEL ARCA DE SAN ISIDORO. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Wainscot of arrocabe from a room of the Castle of the Stúñiga family (Zúñiga) (Curiel de Duero, province of Valladolid, Spain). Detail of a hunting scene. Hunter blowing horn. Gothic-Mudejar, 14th-15th century. Painted pine. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Egipto. Tumba 100 Rekmire. La tumba TT100 se encuentra en Sheikh Abd el-Qurna y forma parte de la Necrópolis de Tebas, en la orilla oeste del Nilo, frente a Luxor. Se trata de la capilla funeraria del visir Rekhmire (o Rejmira) que vivió durante la XVIII dinastía del Antiguo Egipto.

Wenhaston Doom painting from 1490, Suffolk, England, UK

MOSAICO DE UNA VILLA ROMANA-CABEZA DE DIONISIO. Location: MUSEO. CORINTO. GREECE.

Wall painting, Calzada de los Muertos, Teotihuacan Archaeological Site, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Mexico

Prior Throne of Blanca of Aragon and Anjou. c. 1321-1348. Clergyman. Gothic art. Furniture. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Lerida. Lleida Museum. Proc: SPAIN. ARAGON. HUESCA. Villanueva de Sigena. Royal Monastery of Sta. Maria Reina.

Malowidło ścienne: Obramienie niszy w ścianie północnej zakrystii (kaplicy prothesis). unknown, painter

Chi-Rho symbol . 3rd cent. AD. Christian fresco. Lullingstone. Romano-British fresco. Roman Britain. ENGLAND.

A wall mural depicting Ptolomy II, one of the first greek rulers of Egypt, in the National Museum in Alexandria.

Reste der Dekoration von Diana der Jägerin remains of decoration of Diana the Huntress, La Clínica, 1st-2nd century AD, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22945930

Scarab beetle on the Coffin of Djedjehutyiuefankh, from the Great temple at Deir el Bahri, Thebes; Egypt. Dated to 25th Dynasty circa 770-712 BC

MOSAICO - LOS DOCE TRABAJOS DE HERCULES DETALLE (CONJUNTO Nº 3363). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Conimbriga, figurative mosaic, house of the fountains, first half of the 2nd century, city of the Conventus Scallabitanus, district of Coimbra, Portugal.

Roman Sea mosaic, 2nd-3rd century. Artist: Unknown.

Rock painting in the cave of Ekain in Cestona Spain

Italy - Lazio Region - Rome - Church of St. Constance - Constance daughter of Constantine - Mosaic work (4th century)

Italy. Lazio. Tarquinia. Necropolis of Monte Calvario. Tomb of the Lioness. Around 520 Bc.

FILOSOFO - MOSAICO BIZANTINO. Location: PALACIO TOPKAPI-MUSEO. ISTANBUL. TURQUIA.

Fresco of St. Christophorus, around 1330, old parish church of St. Martin, district of Garmisch, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Werdenfelser Land region, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lion floor mosaic in a hillside house, Ephesus, Selcuk, Izmir Province, Aegean Region, Turkey, Asia

Frescoes on the north wall of the transept, Trento Cathedral, Cattedrale di San Vigilio, Trento, Trentino, Italy, Europe

Las Palomas mosaic, 4th century, Villa de Prado, Valladolid, Roman Hispania, Valladolid Museum, Community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

Hera, waring the formal clothes of the bride is pushed towards Zeus by Iris. The small personifications crowned with flowers refer to the regeneration of nature that derives from the divine union. House of the Tragic Poet. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Asia, Middle East, Turkey, Istanbul. Blue Mosque (Aghia Sophia), mosaic

Otranto (Italy, Puglia, Lecce province) Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata, mosaic floor, 12th century (1163-1165) by the monk Pantaleone

Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite, Detail of Neptune and Amphitrite, from Constantine, Mosaic .

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. 4th-6th centuries. Children playing a hoop game. Istanbul. Turkey.

France,Loire Valley,Chenonceau Castle,Tapestry depicting Musicians

Orpheus mosaic, Roman from Miletus, Turkey , 2nd century AD

Italy, Campania, Naples, Neapolitan Riviera, Herculaneum, fresco depicting jumping bull with naked man

Roman Floor Mosaic, Dionysus Mosaic, Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Mosaic depicting a gladiatorial scene, from the Roman Villa of Negrar (Verona). Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Italy, Latium region, Tarquinia (Viterbo province), Etruscan necropolis, Tomb of the Baron, fresco depicting men and horses

The Effects of Good Government in the City, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico. Detail. Dancing group dancing female figures one of them is playing a tambourine.

Detail of a fresco with floral decorations, 72 cm x 149 cm, from Tomb 18 of the Necropolis of Thessaloniki (Greece). Roman Civilization, late 4th Century.

Cambodia Angkor Angkor Wat Plate 80. Swaan, Wim. 1966 or earlier Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor

Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from the Palladium by Codrus Painter (5th cen. B.C.)/ Louvre, Paris/ 5th cen. BC/ Greece/ Clay, paint/ Classical Antiquities/ D 32,6/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

PINTURA DE AMBIENTE FLORENTINO - SIGLO XV. Location: ALHAMBRA-MUSEO-PINTURA. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Roman mosaic from Carthage showing a horseman. Vandal warrior.

Italy, Pisa. Frescos on the walls of the Camposanto Monumentale cemetery in the Campo dei Miracoli. (Editorial Use Only)

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