In Alkmaar (Netherlands), during renovation work, archaeologists unearthed an unusual 15th-century floor: cattle bones meticulously integrated into a mosaic of ceramic tiles. At the heart of the ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

The remains include a remarkable colorful mosaic floor with an inscription written in Greek—taken ... In this time period, which lasted from the early 4th century to the early 7th century, Israel was ...

Local officials said scholars first found evidence of a villa at the site more than a century ago A Roman mosaic floor has been ... images of the well-preserved tiles buried under metres of ...

All three likely date to the 15th century. The researchers say that tiles were a common and inexpensive material in 15th-century Holland, so they don’t know why the floor’s builders used cow ...

In 2020, Britain's first known 5th Century mosaic was uncovered at Chedworth Roman Villa in Cheltenham. New soil samples taken from underneath the mosaic revealed the tiles could not have been ...

In Alkmaar (Netherlands), during renovation work, archaeologists unearthed an unusual 15th-century floor: cattle bones meticulously integrated into a mosaic of ceramic tiles. A bone floor in a ...