For nearly two centuries, this intricate artwork of over 1.9 million tesserae (the tiny stones that form the mosaic), unearthed in 1831 at the House of the Faun, has captivated historians and ...

A new study published in the journal PLOS One has shed light on the diverse origins of the approximately 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic from Pompeii. The research ...