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Beautiful mosaic unearthed in Sinai
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More on the mosaic discovered in the Sinai including pictures.

An Egyptian-Polish excavation team working in Sinai has unearthed a multi-coloured mosaic floor 25km east of the Suez Canal, announced Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary-General Zahi Hawass yesterday.

Hawass said that the 9x15m discovery, constructed of glass, pottery, limestone and marble, is the most beautiful antiquity discovered in the area.

It dates back to the second century...

Beautiful mosaic unearthed in Sinai, State Information Service, Egypt, August 25, 2005.


#824 posted by Mark Morgan on 27 August 2005, 10:44:54 PM  Permalink     comment [] trackback []