Two ancient Roman mosaics worth £560,000 ($700,000) have been temporarily barred from leaving the U.K., buying time for a domestic public collection to acquire them. A potential interested buyer has ...

In a remarkable discovery, a farmer in southern Italy unearthed a 1,700-year-old Roman mosaic, astonishing archaeologists and ...

The mosaic depicts scenes from Homer's "The Iliad" and lies within an elaborate villa complex. The rare mosaic was found by the family that owns the land during lockdown last year. The first Roman ...

An ornate Roman mosaic is being unearthed and is set to go on permanent public display in situ just outside a vape shop in a shopping center in the city of Colchester, England. The ancient work of art ...

Archaeologists in England have discovered a “fantastic” Roman mosaic on land earmarked for a supermarket, suggesting a villa once occupied the site. A team of experts from Oxford Archaeology were ...

Walking throughout Tunisia, I've stubbed my toe on fragments of mosaics from days of the Roman Empire. Just 350 miles south of Rome, across the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia is home to one of the world's ...

Fragments of an ancient Roman mosaic are returning to the Cotswolds from the British Museum after over 200 years.

New archaeology project awarded grant by The National Lotte Fund to unearth and save a rare Roman villa in Devon ...

Introduction: The meaning of mosaic. -- First Phase: Classical pavements. Greek pebble mosaics ; The birth of the Tessera ; Imitation of painting ; Technical developments ; Roman black-and-white style ...