There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?

The Alexander Mosaic, considered the most important mosaic of the Roman age, is a detailed piece of art measuring 583 by 325 centimeters. Discovered in 1831 in the House of the Faun—a wealthy ...

The Alexander Mosaic, considered the most important mosaic of the Roman age, is a detailed piece of art measuring 583 by 325 centimeters.

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 ...

Alexander the Great is remembered ... when archaeologists discovered what they called the House of the Faun, which belonged to a wealthy family. The mosaic is now housed at the National ...

Approximately 200 years after the Battle of Issus, the Alexander Mosaic was created for the floor of the House of the Faun in Pompeii, either in admiration and commemoration of the historical ...

Now, researchers are conducting a long, intensive analysis Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A famous Roman mosaic depicting ... Pompeii known as the House of the Faun in 1831.

A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão, Portugal, depicts Alexander the Great's clash with King Porus—one of only three such mosaics ...

Alexander Mosaic, c. 100 B.C.E., Roman copy of a lost Greek painting, House of the Faun, Pompeii. When Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under a torrent of ash in A.D. 79, it also preserved one of the ...

A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão ... there are only three Roman mosaics in the world depicting Alexander: The Battle of Issus (House of the Faun in Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum of ...