Ancient Roman Floor Mosaic

In italy archaeologists have unearthed a beautiful and perfectly preserved roman mosaic floor.

Ancient roman floor mosaic.

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. The stunning discovery made in the township of negrar north of. Archaeologists found the well preserved tiles while conducting. The brighon mosaic with its cherry stems is of course a direct reference to the asaraton or unswept floor motif from roman times.

Experts found the decorated floor under a vineyard. A beautiful and remarkably well preserved mosaic floor from ancient rome has been discovered by archaeologists in northern italy. 200s was recently unearthed dozens of feet below the surface of a vineyard near verona in. 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 mosaic of the debris of a roman feast. A roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the roman period throughout the roman republic and later empire. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. 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.

The pristine condition of the mosaic has amazed the archaeologists and they have hailed it as a major find. A perfectly preserved ancient roman mosaic floor has been discovered near the northern italian city of verona. The original is a simple but brilliant idea. Archaeologists were astonished by the find as it came almost a century after the.