Roman Mosaic depicting a battle with Amazons discovered near Antakya Turkey 2nd – 4th century CE, originally uploaded by mharrsch.
The Louvre, Paris, France
Archaeology
One of the mosaic of Fethiye Museum, Istanbul, originally uploaded by ~caner.
One of the mosaic of Fethiye Museum, Istanbul
Last year a good friend of mine visited Italy with her man. When I heard she was going I said I would forgive her for not taking me along if she sent me photos of mosaics.
These mosaics are found at Ostia Antica. They were the floors of the bath houses. The town Ostia Antica was buried by flooding and soot settlement of the Tiber River. It was a major harbour city for Rome, almost 75,000 people had lived here at one time. It has more of a real life look at the people of Roman times than Pompeii. Pompeii was the ‘resort town’ with vast richness. Ostia was a working town – and less crowded with tourists.
Looking at Wikipedia, Ostia Antica was an important military town as the mouth of the Tiber was a potential gateway to Rome itself. It was founded by Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome.
Thanks Jen!
Nora – Mosaici 11, originally uploaded by Tati@.
Sardinia
Deus-Rio Aqueloo. Mais importante divindade fluvial da mitologia grega. Filho de Tétis e Oceanus., originally uploaded by Ancient World.
One of the Zeugma mosaics. Turkey
ancient capricorn mosaic, originally uploaded by egadsylvia.
Italy
Roman Mosaic Floor Panel, originally uploaded by ggnyc.
2nd Century A.D.
Excavated near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey).
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC
Roman Mosaics Bardo Museum Tunis (33), originally uploaded by corinnemills.
Or is it Diana the huntress, judging by the hair?
Byzantine floor mosaic, originally uploaded by ggnyc.
Fragment of a floor mosaic with a personification of Ktisis
Marble and glass tesserae
Byzantine, ca. 500-550 A.D.The bejeweled woman is identified by the restored inscription as Ktisis. The man with a cornucopia has the inscription “good” by his head (half of a text that probably said “good wishes”). The fragment, laid in marble and glass tesserae, typifies the exceptional mosaics throughout the Byzantine world.Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC
