Mosaic, Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum, Urfa, Turkey
Amazon queen Melanippe hunting on horseback, Byzantine mosaic, detail from the Amazon hunting mosaic, 5th - 6th century, from the 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
50385130
Media ID
50385130
Size
6850px x 6012px
(24.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
