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1 day agoFlowered carpet mosaic re-emerges after 62 years
A well-preserved 4th-century floral mosaic floor from Aquileia (10.10 x 7.60 m) has resurfaced after 62 years and will be conserved and displayed in situ.
A tiny but exquisitely carved cameo of Medusa has been discovered in Hallstatt, Austria. It is one of only three Roman cameos in Upper Austria, and even at just 1.5 cm (.6 inches) high, the size of a fingernail, it's the largest of the three. It is also the most detailed and finely worked of them. The cameo was carved from a black and white banded agate (onyx)