Art of Antiquity. Six 1600-Year-Old Mosaics Unearthed in Albania
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Spectacular find in Albania: Archaeologists reveal six Roman mosaic floors from the 4th century. Learn more about the excavations in Qesarat.
In southern Albania, near the Vjosa River, archaeologists discovered six polychrome mosaic floors dating back to the fourth century AD.
The discovery took place in Qesarat, a small town in southern Albania, in the area of Tepelenë, very close to the Wild River Vjosa National Park — the first protected area in Europe dedicated to a river that runs free, without a single dam, from the Greek mountains of the Pindo to the Adriatic Sea. [...]
Archaeologists in southern Albania have discovered six richly decorated mosaic floors from the 4th century AD inside a Roman architectural complex in Qesarat, revealing a previously unknown center of life in the Aoos River valley. The discovery, carried out as part of an Albanian-Italian archaeological project, suggests a significantly larger and more complex Roman settlement with a long history.
Archaeologists working in southern Albania have uncovered six richly decorated mosaic floors inside a Roman-period architectural complex revealing a previously little-known center of life along the middle Vos Valley.
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