The piece once served as the floor of a reception room in a Roman villa, which is a type of house that people of high status lived in. It is also an example of "opus sectile," a mosaic work made ...

The monastery's mosaic floor features depictions of crosses, lions, doves, an amphora (a type of container vessel used in antiquity), flowers and geometric patterns. In its center lies the ancient ...

The mosaic forms the floor of a triclinium (dining room ... indication of the lifespan and continuing development of this type of building. Further excavation also took place around the dining ...

Earlier this month, they stumbled upon the remains of a Roman house with a mosaic floor that appears to have ... as well as pieces of Terra Sigillata, a type of high-end Roman ceramic.

Israeli archaeologists say the church floor was built around AD 230. They were able to give a precise date based on coins found during excavation, as well as from the style of mosaic and the type ...