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Marvelous menagerie: A Roman mosaic from Lod

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:15 am
by MichelleH
A large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and fully conserved. Unearthed in 1996 during rescue excavations in Lod – ancient Diospolis – Israel, it is currently the subject of a touring exhibition, prior to returning to a custom built museum.

April 23, 2011 - July 24, 2011
Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park | 100 34th Avenue • San Francisco, CA 94121 | 415.750.3600

Read more here:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/a ... c-from-lod


And here:

http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/legion/e ... lod-israel