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  • Roman revelation: Biggest ancient monumental wall mosaic unveiled after 2,000 years

    09/09/2026 12:34:04 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 17 replies
    Euronews ^ | September 9, 2026 | Ilaria Cicinelli & Tokunbo Salako
    Trajan's Baths in Oppian Hill will host a new museum where visitors to Rome can admire the Great Mosaic and the Painted City, two massive ancient artworks buried near the Colosseum that are estimated to date from the 1st century... The "Painted City" fresco and "Great Mosaic" were discovered in an underground gallery during excavations in the 1990s of the Baths of Trajan on the Oppian Hill near the Colosseum. After being hidden underground for centuries, its blues and terracotta colors are still clear but faded... The Painted City is a ten-square-metre fresco belonging to a building that predates Trajan's...