Ancient Roman Floor Mosaic

A beautiful and remarkably well preserved mosaic floor from ancient rome has been discovered by archaeologists in northern italy.

Ancient roman floor mosaic.

A mosaic tile floor from the third century a d. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. In italy archaeologists have unearthed a beautiful and perfectly preserved roman mosaic floor. The stunning discovery made in the township of negrar north of.

In a vineyard outside the italian city of verona under several feet of vines and dirt researchers have uncovered what appears to be a perfectly preserved mosaic floor and pieces of a villa. A roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the roman period throughout the roman republic and later empire. Ancient roman mosaic floor unearthed beneath italian vineyard the intricate multi colored tiles likely date to the third century a d. Forget the joneses who could keep up with the romans.

Archaeologists were astonished by the find as it came almost a century after the. A mosaic of the debris of a roman feast. The brighon mosaic with its cherry stems is of course a direct reference to the asaraton or unswept floor motif from roman times. Roman bacchus floor mosaic by mark cartwright cc by nc sa as mosaics evolved in the 2nd century bce smaller and more precisely cut tesserae were used sometimes as small as 4 mm or less and designs employed a wide spectrum of colours with coloured grouting to match surrounding tesserae.

A perfectly preserved ancient roman mosaic floor has been discovered near the northern italian city of verona. The pristine condition of the mosaic has amazed the archaeologists and they have hailed it as a major find. By sophie lewis may 28 2020 1 37 pm cbs news archaeologists in northern italy have uncovered a rare gem an amazingly well preserved mosaic floor that dates back to ancient rome. Archaeologists found the well preserved tiles while conducting.