Ancient Roman Floor Mosaic

Ancient roman mosaic floor unearthed beneath italian vineyard the intricate multi colored tiles likely date to the third century a d.

Ancient roman floor mosaic.

The brighon mosaic with its cherry stems is of course a direct reference to the asaraton or unswept floor motif from roman times. In italy archaeologists have unearthed a beautiful and perfectly preserved roman mosaic floor. A roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the roman period throughout the roman republic and later empire. A beautiful and remarkably well preserved mosaic floor from ancient rome has been discovered by archaeologists in northern italy.

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 perfectly preserved ancient roman mosaic floor has been discovered near the northern italian city of verona. Forget the joneses who could keep up with the romans. Archaeologists found the well preserved tiles while conducting.

The stunning discovery made in the township of negrar north of. 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. A mosaic of the debris of a roman feast. The pristine condition of the mosaic has amazed the archaeologists and they have hailed it as a major find.

Archaeologists were astonished by the find as it came almost a century after the. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings. The original is a simple but brilliant idea. Experts found the decorated floor under a vineyard.