Pilgrims arriving in Lourdes these days have noticed a team of workers busily covering the gigantic mosaics on the doors and ...

Keep reading to find out more about this uncovered religious mosaic ... Roman army), and a community member named Akeptous.

The mosaic depicts the four seasons and scenes from Roman mythology, which are associated with Bacchus, the god of wine and fertility. Only three of the original four corner roundels, depicting ...

Only a walk inside some of its churches will reveal the city’s stunning and colorful Byzantine mosaics! Ravenna, in ...

Dionysus, also known by the Roman name Bacchus, is not only a god but an object of frenzied worship. His followers are Bacchae, mortal women who, according to the Greek dramatist Euripides in his ...

Hesiod (see Gypsy Girl) calls Eros, the god of love, "most fair among the immortal gods, who loosens the limbs and overcomes judgment and sagacious counsel in the breast of gods and men." ...

Mercury introduces creatures and faces from Roman mythology, as are often portrayed in mosaics. The song also explores some creative aspects of Roman home-life and society, especially sculpture ...

During the Roman period, the bouleuterion was ... with its famous temple to Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and theater. One of the mosaics features two cupids engaged in combat, which connects ...