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Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod

Large mosaic unearthed in Israel on view at Legion of Honor

A large, ancient mosaic depicting a menagerie of common animals and exotic beasts appropriately is the central item in a new show of antiquities that opened Saturday at the Legion of Honor. The Roman floor mosaic, about 1,700 years old, was found accidentally in 1996 during a road-construction project in Lod, Israel. Called Lydda in the Bible, the town is on the Jerusalem-Tel Avivb highway. Read More
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