A massive Roman floor mosaic was just uncovered in a fourth-century C.E. Roman villa in Turkey. The ornate tiles span over 6,400 square feet across the villa's 33 rooms and are inscribed with both ...

“This mosaic has attracted a lot of attention ... long after the fall of Rome, the bathhouse’s original purpose fell out of fashion, and locals repurposed the structure to help raise their ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Notorious alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik was recently approached by a journalist at a Rome airport who questioned him about accusations he sexually abused over 40 adult women over a span of ...

A light illuminates a polychrome mosaic portrait of Pope Francis placed on the frieze of St. Paul's Outside The Walls Basilica in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ROME (AP) — ...