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Experts Are Unraveling the Mysteries of This Breathtaking 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Depicting Alexander the Great in Battle
A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing restoration, researchers have learned that the artwork’s stones came from quarries ...
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Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia
The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), is ...
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Experts Are Unraveling the Mysteries of This Breathtaking 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Depicting Alexander the Great in Battle
Now, researchers are conducting a long, intensive analysis Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the ... of his face in ancient art.” ...