(credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90) In the vicinity of the prehistoric Tel Motza Temple site, several Roman-Byzantine mosaic floors had been found, almost intact, splendid examples of Roman artwork.

An ancient Roman mosaic, known as the Roman Mosaic of Panxón, returned to the Spanish city of Nigrán after centuries and a ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Wealthy Romans'villa-farms and town houses had mosaic flooring in important rooms. Two complete mosaics, found during excavations at Magnis in 1912-13, are displayed in the stairwell of the museum.

The crown jewel of the mosaic and museum collection is the only known mosaic of the Roman poet Virgil. Dating to the third century, the mosaic was discovered in a villa at Sousse and depicts the ...

The Seasons Mosaic was found in Dyer Street, Cirencester in 1849. It dates to the mid 2nd century and is one of the most impressive pavements ever found in Roman Britain. The mosaic depicts the ...

On this day in 2023, the East Anglian Daily Times reported that a Roman mosaic was discovered buried under a pavement outside a vape shop in Red Lion Yard in Colchester.

This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room in a Roman building at Cherhill, near Calne. The panel shows a hunting dog ...