During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after the […] The post Secrets Surrounding This 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Of Alexander The ...

Now, researchers are conducting a long, intensive analysis Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity.

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... and well-known representation of his face in ancient art," they noted. As for the origins of the tesserae, the scientists ...