1,600 years old, it was discovered in the city of Rastane, in the province of Homs, and would be one of the rarest and most complete in the country according to the Syrian authorities.
Syrian authorities on Wednesday unveiled a Roman-era mosaic dating from the 4th century AD, among “the rarest” et “most complete in the country”. The mosaic, 1,600 years old, was discovered in the city of Rastane, in the province of Homs (center).
She represents a “rare scene”in which “the details and names of the Greek kings who took part in the Trojan War appear clearly”Hammam Saad, director of excavations and archaeological studies at the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, told AFP.
“We don’t have a similar mosaic”indicated , specifying that the work is not “not the oldest” in Syria, but “the most complete and the rarest”. “The part uncovered so far is 20 meters long and six meters wide”he explained, pointing out that there are other parts that have not yet been revealed.
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This is the ninth mosaic discovered at this site. A land of multi-millennial civilizations, from the Canaanites to the Umayyads, via the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Syria is full of archaeological treasures. Some sites suffered destruction during the war that began in 2011. In the city of Homs, the Oum al-Zinar church was burned and the Khalid Ibn al-Walid mosque damaged, while in Rastane mosaics were stolen.
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