this is mysterious and AWESOME

What archaeologists discovered on this mosaic floor from 1,500 years ago surprised a lot of people.  It is tough to believe that this type of precision mosaic work could be constructed with the tools and technology available at the time (at least to our understanding or lack thereof):

“The ancient city of Doliche (near modern-day Dülük), which was part of the province of Syria in Roman times, lies at the fringes of the Turkish metropolis of Gaziantep today,” said team member Prof. Engelbert Winter, of the University of Münster, Germany.

Apparently this was part of some type of exclusive venue at that time (once again so they think but don’t know for sure).  There have been a number of archaeological finds in that area just in the last 20 or so years alone.  Just when you think they uncovered everything there’s more 😉

Let’s check out this ancient mosaic in a video on page 2

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