Mosaic
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A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor an
A mosaic depicting Jesus in the apse of Lund Cathedral (Evangelical-Lutheran) in Skåne
Tepidarium of Dar Zmela house, Sousse Archaeological Museum
Skull covered with turquoise, Museo Nacional de Antropología (México)
From Pompeii, Casa di Orfeo, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Roman mosaic
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A Roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the Roman period, throughout the Roman Republic and later Empire. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings, on both floors and walls, thoug
Mosaic
…115–150 AD; from the Atrium House triclinium in Antioch-on-the-Orontes Triumph of Poseidon and Amphitrite showing the couple in procession, detail of a mosaic from Cirta, Roman Africa, 315–325 AD, Louvre Mosaic of Orpheus from Caralis, modern Cagliari (Italy), now in Archeological Museum of Turin House of the…
Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite, House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD
A Roman mosaic inscribed with the Latin phrase cave canem ("beware of the dog"), from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Italy, 2nd century BC
Mosaic with Xenia, 4th century AD, Pius Clementine museum, Vatican Museums
The Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii, ca. 100 BC