During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after the […] ...

There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?

A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão, Portugal, depicts Alexander the Great's clash with King Porus—one of only three such mosaics ...

Approximately 200 years after the Battle of Issus, the Alexander Mosaic was created for the floor ... Alexander stares down a desperate Darius III, whose charioteer is commanding the horses ...

This mosaic, with monumental dimensions (583 x 325 cm) and composed of approximately 1.9 million tesserae, depicts the Battle of Issus, where Alexander the Great led the Macedonians to victory against ...

The mosaic depicts a battle: Surrounded by a mess of fighting cavalry, Alexander wields a long spear. Opposite him is another leader often identified as the Persian king Darius III. The mosaic ...

The Alexander Mosaic, considered the most important mosaic ... leading the Macedonian army to victory over Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BCE, as reported by IFLScience.

The most iconic and impressive example of the former is the Alexander Mosaic, which was created around ... as they defeated the Persian army led by Darius III, King of Persia, in the Battle ...

A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão ... in only two battles did Alexander face a king on the battlefield. Darius, at the Battle of Issus, but he fled in fear, and Porus, who unlike Darius continued ...

a massive mosaic depicting Alexander the Great’s triumph over the Persian king Darius III at the epic Battle of Issus. For nearly two centuries, this intricate artwork of over 1.9 million ...