considered the most important mosaic of the Roman age, is a detailed piece of art measuring 583 by 325 centimeters. 2 million stones, one masterpiece: How the House of the Faun's mosaic was crafted.

As part of an ongoing restoration, researchers have learned that the artwork’s stones came from quarries across Europe and North Africa. The 2,000-year-old mosaic comes from the ruins of ...

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 ...