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The decorative mosaic is already impressively large and well-preserved, making further excavation an exciting prospect
This discovery follows a recent trend of uncovered mosaics, with London unearthing Britain’s largest Roman-era mosaic just a few months before. Similarly, the stones were primarily intact and remained colorful, showing designs of lotus flowers and geometric shapes on its two panels, the largest having a notable motif known as a guilloche - large flowers surrounded by intertwining bands. Traces of an earlier mosaic are also
The small stones, or tesserae, were primarily made of natural stone and baked terracotta, neither easily decomposable, leaving hope for future discoveries and a peek into the past.