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A magnificent ancient Greek mosaic discovered in Hatay, Turkey continues to amaze archaeologists and historians.
Archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,400-year-old bronze cauldron in Pergamon, the ancient Greek city in Turkey known for its ...
Dating from the last quarter of the 4th century B.C., the mosaic covers a space of nearly 15 feet by 10 feet. It features two horses, a man and the god Hermes, in colorful detail.
(Greek Ministry of Culture) A newly revealed mosaic on the floor of a vast Greek tomb shows Hades hauling his reluctant bride Persephone to the underworld, archaeologists announced today (Oct. 16).
An elaborate and colorful mosaic showing the Greek god Hermes leading a man to the underworld has been uncovered in a vast tomb from the era of Alexander the Great, Greek archaeologists announced ...
ATHENS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - In a domed passageway outside Athens, crowds study display panels and look down though glass beneath their feet at a mosaic floor from a 4th century BC house surrounded ...
Archaeologists have uncovered an intricate mosaic covering the floor of a room in a large tomb in the municipality of Amphipolis in northern Greece, the Greek Culture Ministry announced Sunday ...
Construction workers discovered a mosaic floor from the 4th century B.C.E. while installing underground water pipelines in Eretria, a Greek town north of Athens. The mosaic, made of white, black ...
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sfgreek22_003_db.jpg Bob Andrews, mosaic iconographer, high on a scaffold, scrapes and cleans off his newly installed mosaic icons at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Brotherhood Way.
Appropriately for a tomb, the mosaic depicts a horse-drawn chariot led by Hermes as "psychopomp," or spiritual guide to souls in the afterlife, according to the Greek Ministry of Culture.