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Brief dive into architecture styles: Minimalism shines in modernity
Simple and quick look to minimalism, a movement in modern art and music that strives for simplicity and objectivity Minimalism is a movement dating back…
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1,500-year-old mosaic depicting feast found in Turkey’s Germanicia
During the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Germanicia located in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş, a 50-square-meter (around 540-square-feet) mosaic describing an…
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Researchers to work in area believed to host Noah’s Ark remains
The excavation work has started in the area where the remains of Noah’s Ark – the legendary vessel whose story is told in the Torah,…
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Roman villa, mosaic uncovered in southern Turkey during construction
During a routine construction job in the Defne district of southern Turkey’s Hatay, workers digging to lay the foundation of a new structure stumbled upon…
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Breathtaking 1,700-year-old Lod mosaic to finally have a floor to call home
Decades after its discovery, country’s ‘finest’ tile art will be displayed to the public at the central Israeli city’s Mosaic Archaeological Center – when it’s…
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California man accused of smuggling ancient mosaic from Syria
US authorities charge Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi with undervaluing 18-foot piece dating from Roman Empire, seemingly looted from Idlib area, in order to avoid import duties…
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1,600-year-old church mosaic puzzles out key role of women in early Christianity
A newly uncovered mosaic in the western Galilee speaks to the relatively high status of women in the early Church. Dating to the 5th century,…
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1,800-year-old geometric patterned mosaic found in Turkey’s Pergamon
Ageometric patterned floor mosaic was unearthed during the excavations carried out around the Red Basilica in Pergamon, an ancient city in western Turkey listed as…
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Rome’s Subway Project Keeps Digging Up Archaeological Marvels
ROME — For archaeologists, the excavation of Rome’s newest subway line has been the gift that keeps on giving. Two years after a second-century military…
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Archaeologists Uncover London’s Largest Roman Mosaic in 50 Years
One of London’s newest landmarks, a glass skyscraper known as the Shard, evidently shares space with one the city’s oldest hidden treasures: a nearly preserved…