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Turkey’s Museum Hotel Boasts Largest Intact Mosaic in the World
The world’s largest intact mosaic takes center stage as the pièce de résistance of the Antakya Museum Hotel in Turkey. Unearthed in 2010 during the hotel’s construction, this awe-inspiring ...
A Farmer Was Working In His Field—and Found a 1,700-Year-Old Roman Mosaic
A farmer discovered a 900-square-foot mosaic from the third century in his field in Turkey. Covered by a thin layer of soil, ...
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Antioch and the Bath of Apolausis
On the excavations of the Bath of Apolausis, see Stillwell 1941, 19–23; and Levi 1971, 304–6. ↩ The mosaic of Soteria is now in the Hatay Archaeological Museum in Antakya, Turkey (inv. no. 977, ...
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Ancient city of Antakya struggles to rebuild after being flattened by an earthquake
Antakya was known for its unique mix of minority communities in predominantly Sunni Turkey – mainly Alawite ... Its uniqueness lies in its mosaic-like composition, made up of all these different ...
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7. Mosaic Floor with Animals
Roman, from Antioch, Syria (present-day Antakya, Turkey), ca. AD 400 Stone tesserae, 257.2 cm × 682.3 cm 70.AH.96.1–.5 ...
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Stunning Mosaic and Tomb Discovered in Ancient Greek City of Assos in Turkey
Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Assos have discovered a 2,200-year-old Hellenistic mosaic and a 1,800-year-old Roman-era tomb.
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On the Turkish-Syrian border, a city’s last Jews watch the ending of an epoch
ANTAKYA, Turkey (JTA) — Jews have lived in the city of Antakya, known in ancient times as Antioch, for over 23 centuries. And the city wants visitors to know that. A symbol composed of a Star of ...
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Stalwarts of Antakya Jewish community confirmed dead in Turkey quake
(JTA) — Saul Cenudioglu, the president of the small Jewish community in Antakya, Turkey, was confirmed dead on Friday, a day after his wife’s body had been pulled from the wreckage of their ...