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Mosaico de caballos

Landmark in Carthage & Sidi Bou Said · founded 300

Mosaico de caballos
Photograph by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The mosaic of the horses is a Roman-era mosaic, approximately twelve meters by nine, discovered in 1960 at the archaeological site of Carthage, in present-day Tunisia, near the enigmatic monument known as the building with columns. It was later moved to the archaeological park of the Roman villas, near the so-called "Aviary Villa." The mosaic is a checkerboard alternating between small figurative panels—mostly representations of horses—and geometric compositions. This "rich iconographic catalog [is] so far unparalleled," according to Azedine Beschaouch.

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