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Details from the pastoral compositions in the Great Palace mosaics, Istanbul, Turkey. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century CE. Place: Constantinople, (Modern Istanbul, Turkey). The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated in...

The restored Circus Mosaic from Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), 2nd century CE. It vividly depicts a chariot race with eight chariots competing, two from each faction. The four teams, known by the colours worn by the charioteers (blue, green...

Detail from the pastoral compositions in the Great Palace mosaics. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated in 1987 CE. The mosaics in the museum mostly depict animals and humans in nature, mythological, pastoral motifs and hunting...

A 3rd Century CE mosaic from Tusculum, a major ancient Roman city in the Latium region of Italy. Athena (Minerva), goddess of war, can be seen (middle) with the phases of the moon surrounding her. This mosaic is held in the Greek Cross Room...

This fragment of a mosaic comes from an ancient cathedral that was once located in Apamea, Syria. Apamea, located on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine city. This mosaic was made c. 533 CE and...

Mosaic panel located at the southwestern entrance of the basilica Hagia Sophia (Istanbul) depicting the emperor Constantine I holding a model of the city of Constantinople (right), the emperor Justinian I holding a model of Hagia Sophia (left...

This 12th century CE mosaic depicts Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118 CE), father of Anna Komnene. Anna's famous work is the Alexiad, a recounting of her father's rule as Byzantine Emperor. (Hagia Sophia, Istanbul)

Mosaic with square emblem depicting Berenice II as personification of naval prowess (Thmouis, ca. 245-200 BCE; Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, inv. 21.739). Photograph by A. Pelle © Centre d’Études Alexandrines/CNRS, courtesy of Jean-Yves...

Carpet mosaic depicting Temple facade with Torah Ark dating to the 4th century CE. Excavated at Khirbet es-Samarah. Currently housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Mosaic depicting two gladiators being separated by a referee, late-3rd century CE. House of the Gladiators, Kourion (Cyprus).