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The mosaic likely only survived for all this time because the room was filled in with building debris to raise up its interior, likely sometime in the 3rd or 4th century, which also allowed ...
The first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK has been discovered. The initial discovery of the rare mosaic was made during the 2020 lockdown by Jim Irvine, son of the landowner, Brian Naylor.
By the early 4th Century it included three bath suites, 16 mosaic floors and 11 rooms with under-floor heating. The ruins of the villa were excavated in 1813, but within a week most of its mosaic ...
The Hinton St Mary Mosaic is a large, almost complete Roman mosaic discovered at Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England in 1963. It appears to feature a portrait bust of Jesus Christ as its central motif, which could be the oldest depiction of Jesus Christ anywhere in the Roman Empire. [1] A second mosaic was found during 2022 excavations on the site. [2]
Since its initial development in the UK, the Mosaic brand name has also been used to market separate products which classify other national consumers including most of Western Europe, USA, selected Asian regions and Australia. The initial UK version was based at the postcode level, which would cover an average of 20 properties with the same code.
The name of the village means Lufa's pen or fold. [2]A Roman mosaic, probably from a Roman villa, was found in the village in 2001. [3] The Lopen Roman Mosaic was discovered by George Caton who was operating a mechanical digger and noticed small cubes of coloured stone, which turned out to be part of the floor of an eight-roomed Roman Villa and is the largest Roman Mosaic so far discovered in ...
A replica mosaic, made of more than one-and-a-half million pieces of stone, was created by brothers John and Bob Woodward, who were inspired after seeing the original pavement. The replica was displayed at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucester, England before being auctioned in June 2010 for £75,000. [1]
The mosaic measures 11 metres (36 ft) by nearly 7 metres (23 ft) and depicts the battle between Achilles and Hector at the end of the Trojan War. [6] It is the first example of imagery from the Iliad discovered from Roman Britain [ 2 ] and is one of only a few in the whole of Europe (such as the Villa Romana del Tellaro in Sicily).