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LOCATION: National Archeological Museum of Palestrina
DESCRIPTION: a detail of the Nile mosaic at the National Archeological Museum of Palestrina. The Nile mosaic of Palestrina is a late Hellenistic floor mosaic depicting the Nile in its passage from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean. The mosaic was part of a Classical sanctuary-grotto in Palestrina, Italy, dating from the 1st century BC.
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CONTRIBUTOR: Karen Ami - Illinois, USA |
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