There are also tree and plant species mixed in with the animals. Geometric patterns — triangles, lozenges, kites, concentric square boxes — border the mosaic extending all the way to the walls.
Amazing!
Thursday, October 3, 2024
A man planting cherry saplings on his field in Salkaya village near Elazig, eastern Anatolia, found a huge ancient floor mosaic depicting a dazzling array of local animals and plant life. It dates to the late Roman Imperial period or the early Byzantine period.
There are also tree and plant species mixed in with the animals. Geometric patterns — triangles, lozenges, kites, concentric square boxes — border the mosaic extending all the way to the walls.
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Amazing indeed. Imagine digging and feeling your shovel bounce off something that turned out to be human art almost 2000 years old.
ReplyDeleteThis is what people did before there were zoos.
ReplyDeleteHistory artifacts must be preserved not destroyed, Islam for years has destroyed many artifacts of history that was pre-mohammed so that only Islam is seen and other history cannot dispute ISLAM.
ReplyDeleteNever to be found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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