Rebel Mariposa

Three new mosaics have been unearthed during the Muzalar House excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep.

The uncovered mosaics were displayed at a press conference attended by Gaziantep Mayor Fatma Şahin and the head of the excavations, Professor Kutalmış Görkay.

Stunning mosaics have turned up during an archaeological dig of a fifth-century synagogue in northern Israel.

Tiny earth-hued stones in the mosaics swirl to form images of women surrounded by cupids holding discs, mythological creatures, a rooster, expressive theater masks and symbols of Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greco-Roman god of wine. And painted ivy crawls up columns covered with plaster. These recent discoveries add context and scenes to previously uncovered mosaics and inscriptions on the same and adjacent panels.

Made in Morocco

Noemie, 23, Atlanta

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(Re-posted from a coalition member’s Facebook page)

Versão em português abaixo.

July 24, 2014

Why read "Eyes of a Blue Dog?"

Mostar local’s right of passage. A 25m drop off this beautiful bridge into icy water is what it takes to enter manhood in Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina. The Mostar bridge stood for 427 years until it was destroyed during the Croat-Bosnian war in 1993. The rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.