Decorated with alcoves, mosaics, colored clay and stone cones, it dates from 3500 B.
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The completed works are stunning mosaics which bring the newly minted artists to tears.
True, it is nice to understand the captions of the Bayeux tapestry or of the mosaics of Monreale.
Among the most dramatic of the city's Roman remains is a vast palace, its floors covered with elaborate mosaics.
While only a quarter of the site has been excavated, mosaics thus far uncovered rival those found in Rome.
The good news is that both mosaics were recently salvaged from building sites.
Owing to the small size of the mausoleum chapel, the mosaics do not create the impression of vain, cold pomp.
This is a really cool feature so we're just going to show this part (otherwise making regular mosaics is really simple).
Most of the interiors are just as luxe as the gold pool outside, featuring tile mosaics, hand-painted walls and ceilings frescoes.
He constructed walls, dug tunnels and carved out cave-like spaces throughout the 3, 000-sqft lot, then began covering every surface with mosaics.
Traders and crusaders going East and West brought columns, friezes, statues and mosaics from far-flung places that were incorporated into the church.
Plunderers have profited from the chaos, arriving in Apamea with heavy digging equipment and absconding with priceless Roman mosaics and column capitals.
Mosaics, towers and domes apart, it boasts three ambulances and five fire-engines.
The display of sculptures, mosaics, paintings and artifacts includes 200 pieces.
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Huge paintings and mosaics show their likeness from factory to farm.
Once, long, long ago, almost forty years back, he passed through Ravenna and sent me a postcard of one of these famous mosaics.
His mosaics decorating the walls of Tottenham Court Road underground station in central London beguile the thousands of people using it each day.
The most impressive sight is the relatively modern Byzantine-era Church of SS Lot and Procopius, which is home to more sumptuous surviving mosaics.
AD, as the Roman empire was crumbling, the palace was squatted in for decades afterwards by fishermen who built huts on top of the mosaics.
The Italian, who spent four years restoring the mosaics, has made a long and precise rebuttal of the allegation that he has mishandled the treasures.
Designed to be an outdoor retreat, the pool area features beautiful marble mosaics, fountains and spas as well as a full outdoor kitchen and dining area.
The indoor swimming pools are the most beautiful in Budapest, with the main pool having a glass dome, Art Nouveau mosaics, stained-glass windows and many statues.
She was glad to be alone in the metro again, in the splendor of its vaulted ceilings and mosaics, away from the sickly touch of misfortune.
Just a day later, at a series of press conferences in the parliament building, under mosaics of doves and rainbows, the momentum was once again restored.
The visitor is taken on a historical and geographical journey through the Islamic world via artefacts, mosaics and sculptures -- guided by information panels and multimedia installations.
Today, the mosaics are - for the most part - kept covered by layers of sand, which Ms Albetar says is the best way to preserve them.
Architects assigned spaces above the nave colonnades and in the apses for brilliantly colored mosaics of Bible stories and supernatural manifestations such as the epiphany of the Trinity.
Chapman has previously created tile mosaics of footballers Eric Cantona and George Best and portraits of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and Fulham boss Mark Hughes using coins.
Surrounded by columns and small cabanas, the 75-foot pool anchors the spa, which is composed of onyx, oak, Vicenza stone and Italian glass mosaics that lead to a vertical fireplace.
After a drink from the modest bar, I was led to a large chamber with intricate shellfish mosaics lining the walls and a generous hearth with a fire in it.
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