Posted on Dec 23, 2023
This 2,300-year-old Mosaic Made of Shells and Coral Has Just Been Found Buried Under Rome
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Excavations into the side of the famous Palatine Hill in Rome have uncovered the banquet hall of a wealthy aristocrat that contained a mosaic made almost entirely of materials from the sea.
At 16 feet long and 2,300 years old, the incredibly detailed mosaic was made of seashells, coral, mother of pearl, blue glazed tiles from Egypt, flecks of marble, and Roman glass, and depicts sailors, ships, mythical sea life, trumpets, and tridents.
At 16 feet long and 2,300 years old, the incredibly detailed mosaic was made of seashells, coral, mother of pearl, blue glazed tiles from Egypt, flecks of marble, and Roman glass, and depicts sailors, ships, mythical sea life, trumpets, and tridents.
This 2,300-year-old Mosaic Made of Shells and Coral Has Just Been Found Buried Under Rome
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Amazing how beautiful some of the Mosaics and Rescue that were created by artisans so long ago.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Actually saw and walked through a partially excavated Roman house in Epheses, Turkey in the 1980s...the mosaics were amazing MSgt Dale Johnson SSG Paul Endes
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What I am waiting for is the Parchments that were badly burned but remained intact from Pompeii. Scientists have figured out how to use MRI machines t read them
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