In the building’s main aisle, they also unearthed a decorative mosaic floor featuring crosses, lions, doves, flowers, geometric patterns, an amphora (an ancient jug) and the Bible verse.

"I never imagined something like this. It turns out that we had been living on top of history without even knowing it." For ...

Mosaic inscriptions reveal faith and practice of early Christians. A church floor was discovered in Israel in 2004 in the ancient city of Megiddo. It was found a few miles down the road from Tel ...

Construction workers in Greece have uncovered a striking pebbled mosaic floor depicting two naked ... a town on the island of ...

"Ancient Greek mosaics dating back to the 2nd century BC ... (mosaic cubes), and normally the pavement would cover the whole floor of the room, extending to the base of the walls, rather than ...

A stunning 1,500-year-old monastery has been unearthed - with parts of it's intricate mosaic floor still somehow preserved ... a 'New Rome' on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium.

Restoration work was completed on a floor mosaic in a Roman villa at the ancient city of Pompeiopolis in the Taşköprü district of Kastamonu. The mosaic, believed to date to the 4th century ...

"The mosaic discovered in Kiryat Gat is one of the most unique ever found in Israel," said Mark Avrahami, Head of Artistic Conservation at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

"Ancient Greek mosaics dating back to the 2nd century BC ... "They don't appear to be made with tesserae (mosaic cubes), and normally the pavement would cover the whole floor of the room, extending to ...