The Syrian authorities have identified mosaic from the Roman period of the fourth century AD, among the “most exceptional” and “most complete in the country”.
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mosaic1600 years old, was discovered in the city of Rastan, Homs province (in the center).
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It shows a scene that “clearly shows the details and names of the Greek kings involved in the Trojan War,” Hammam Saad, director of excavations and archaeological research at the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, told AFP.
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“Does not exist mosaic similar,” Saad said, specifying that the work is not “the oldest” in Syria, but “the most complete and most exceptional.”
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“The part discovered so far has a length of 20 meters and a width of six meters,” he said, stressing that there are other parts. mosaic which have not yet been revealed.
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this is the ninth mosaic found at this site in Syria.
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The land of thousands of years of civilizations, from the Canaanites to the Umayyads, who passed through the Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, Syria It is full of archaeological treasures.
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Some archaeological sites were destroyed during the war that began in 2011. Syria.
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In the city of Homs, the church of Um al-Zinar was burned, the mosque of Khalid ibn al-Walid was damaged, and in Rastan robbed mosaic.
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In September, Turkish authorities discovered a 3,500-year-old cobblestone believed to be an “ancestor” mosaic Mediterranean, among the remains of a lost city in the center of the country.
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Source: RPP
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