Ariane Thomas published a book called “Les peintures murales du palais de Tell Ahmar. Les coleurs de l’empire assyrien” with the Louvre. In it the wonderful wall paintings of Tell Ahmar (the ancient Til Barsib) are displayed and discussed. Til Barsib dates back to the 5th millennium BCE. The wall paintings however are from the […]
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The beautiful Bucklersbury Roman mosaic floor, 3rd-century AD. Discovered during building works in London in 1869. On display at the Museum of London, in a reconstruction of a dining room in a wealthy Roman townhouse. Photo: © Alison Fisk
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