Explore: Ancient Mosaics

covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not

The mosaics of Delos are a significant body of ancient Greek mosaic art. Most of the surviving mosaics from Delos, Greece, an island in the Cyclades, date

the surviving examples of wall mosaics come from Italian sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum. Otherwise, floor mosaics are far more likely to have survived

Zodiac mosaics in ancient synagogues are known from at least eight examples from ancient Israel (Roman Palestine) in the 4th–6th centuries CE during the

were used in the mosaic. The color scale of Roman mosaics are extremely rich in gradation. The process of gathering materials for mosaics was a complex undertaking

Antioch mosaics Zliten mosaic Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East Late Antique and medieval mosaics in Italy Fabrikant, Geraldine. Mosaic Restoration

source on ancient Greek painting, was not held in the highest regard in antiquity, and is never mentioned in Classical literature. Mosaics were initially

The Law of Moses (Hebrew: תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה Torat Moshe), also called the Mosaic Law, is the law said to have been revealed to Moses by God. The term primarily

Euphrates at that location. Zeugma Mosaic Museum contains mosaics from the site, and is one of the largest mosaic museums in the world. Zeugma was founded

capital of early medieval Armenia. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor