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Hero of Trojan War Aeneas's peerless mosaic discovered in Türkiye
MAY 11, 2023
The city of Osmaniye in southern Türkiye revealed a great mosaic depicting the legendary Trojan hero Aeneas, the protagonist in Virgil's epic poem, the "Aeneid."
The mosaic was discovered during a foundation excavation of a construction site revealing the remains of a Roman villa and a mosaic depicting the hero of the famous Aeneas, which was also mentioned in Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."
The experts noted no other example of this mosaic in the world. The visual quality and depictions of the mosaic rival the famous ancient city of Zeugma mosaics in Gaziantep. The mosaic area, built in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., is thought to adorn the floor of a villa from that period.
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