Mosaic, Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum, Urfa, Turkey
Ktisis mosaic (bottom), a Byzantine floor mosaic of Ktisis, goddess of buildings and cities, as a Roman woman wearing a yellow cloak and jewelled crown, holding a foot measuring rod, from the Byzantine Amazon villa excavated 2006 at Haleplibahce, Urfa, in the Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum, part of Sanliurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museums, or Sanliurfa Museum, in Sanliurfa, or Urfa, the site of ancient Edessa, Turkey. The excavations of 2006-9 unearthed the Amazon villa, Geometric villa and a bathhouse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50384462
Media ID
50384462
Size
5401px x 8268px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
