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The (blogspam?) article slyly omits mentioning a date, but I think these are mosaics recovered more than 10 years ago, and currently on display at the Zeugma Mo
by Luc 12y ago
The (blogspam?) article slyly omits mentioning a date, but I think these are mosaics recovered more than 10 years ago, and currently on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum.
- acdha 12y agoClearly they've been around for awhile – the Zeugma Mosaic Museum opened in 2011 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_Mosaic_Museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_Mosaic_Museum – but it looks like there were some recent releases: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2682-141104-turkey-zeugma-new-mosaics http://www.archaeology.org/news/2682-141104-turkey-zeugma-ne... and the pictures appear similar to the ones in this article covering social media complaints about the mayor & other dignitaries walking on the mosaics: http://www.todayszaman.com/national_mayor-of-gaziantep-walks-on-ancient-zeugma-mosaics-in-high-heels_363420.html http://www.todayszaman.com/national_mayor-of-gaziantep-walks... This older 2012 article is worth a look if you want to know more of the history of the site: http://www.archaeology.org/issues/44-1211/features/252-features-zeugma-after-the-flood http://www.archaeology.org/issues/44-1211/features/252-featu...