An intricate mosaic depicting Alexander the Great meeting a Jewish high priest was uncovered in a 5th-century synagogue at the archeological site in the ancient village of Huqoq. An extremely rare ...

If even Alexander the Great himself acknowledged the greatness of the god of Israel, then surely the god of Israel must be great.” Britt, the art historian, agrees with Magness that the mosaic ...

The mosaic depicts Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persian king Darius; the detail here illustrates Alexander himself. In its entirety the mosaic measures 5.82 x 3.13m (19ft x 10ft 3in), and ...

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... and well-known representation of his face in ancient art," they noted. As for the origins of the tesserae, the scientists ...

Approximately 200 years after the Battle of Issus, the Alexander Mosaic was created for the floor ... with the Roman style of adapting Greek art as part of elite decor. It is now housed in the ...