Mosaics from Jiyeh/Porphyreon in Lebanon: the universality of mosaic art in late antiquity
In the Byzantine period mosaic floors became an essential element of interior decoration, in domestic as well as sacral spaces. Mosaic patterns spread all over the Mediterranean basin, even to the less significant settlements. Ancient Porphyreon (modern Jiyeh in Lebanon), a Levantine coastal village...
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University of Warsaw Press
2019-12-01
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Series: | Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean |
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Online Access: | http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0013.6897 |