It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

The mosaic was found in the ruins of a Byzantine monastery that also specialized in wine production.

The mosaic on the entryway of Del-Kar Pharmacy in North Lawndale is a shimmering tribute to the long history of the West Side neighborhood. Pharmacist Edwin Muldrow owns and operates it.

At the Villa Romana del Casale, there are 38,000-square-feet of vivid mosaics, many documenting the lives of fourth-century Roman aristocrats hunting, banqueting, celebrating religious festivals ...

A floor mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina depicts customs and traditions from everyday Roman life. There are scenes from hunts, daily aristocratic habits and even the ...

The mosaic floor of a Roman villa has been painstakingly recreated in Somerset using 140,000 cubes of stone and tile. It's thought the floor in the Roman dining room reconstruction at Avalon ...

Some of the first evidence of bras can even be found in wall paintings, including a Roman mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, dating back to the 4th century AD, as well as in Crete from ...

Some of the first evidence of bras can even be found in wall paintings, including a Roman mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, dating back to the 4th century A.D. as well as in Crete ...

A mosaic from a Roman villa in Sicily depicts ten women wearing an ancient version of the two-piece bikini. Credit: TyB / CC-BY-2.0 / Wikimedia Commons It is believed that the bikini was a ...

Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy According to UNESCO, Villa Romana del Casale was the centre of the large estate on which the rural economy of the Western Roman Empire depended.