Archaeologist Kutalmış Görkay and his team have recently made an astounding discovery in the ancient city of Zeugma, Turkey, near the Syrian border. They have unearthed three impeccably preserved glass mosaics that can be traced back to the 2nd century BC. Let’s delve deeper into this extraordinary find.
For millennia, art of such Greek magnificence had remained unseen until now.
Behold the opulent mosaics adorned with characters from ancient Greek mythology, a testament to wealth and artistic grandeur.
“These mosaics were a product of the patron’s vivid imagination, far from simply selecting from a catalog,” remarked Kutalmış Görkay, emphasizing the unique and personalized nature of these artistic creations.
Recognizing the potential eternal loss of these ancient Greek treasures, the team acted with urgency, excavating, protecting, and preserving these magnificent relics of the past.
In the third century BC, the Greeks established this metropolis in Turkey and initially named it “Seleucia.”
After the Romans conquered Seleucia in 64 BC, they renamed the town to Zeugma, which translates to “bridge” or “crossing” in ancient Greek.
Zeugma remained under Roman rule until 253 AD when the Persians seized control of the town.
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