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Giant Roman mosaic found in Turkey

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After it’s original discovery in 2021 in the Turkish province of Kayseri, a giant 4th century AD mosaic has been shown to have been 600-square-meters in size (larger than the original estimates of 300 square meters).

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https://arkeonews.net/the-largest-floor-mosaic-in-cappadocia-and-central-anatolia-region-uncovered-600-square-meters/

Article about original study in 2021:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/largest-floor-mosaic-in-central-anatolia-found-in-kayseri-168958

 

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The mosaic's inscription is translated in the older article and is the usual vacuous jibber jabber that is so disappointing in most ancient inscriptions. The patterns are nice, and they aren't just random geometry according to an explanatory writeup I have lost track of, but have meaning somehow.

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