Mosaic Floor Uncovered in Smyrna - Archaeology Magazine

Rare Solomon’s Knot Mosaic Found in Ancient City of Smyrna

Agora of Smyrna, Turkey. Credit: Carole Raddato / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) have uncovered a rare Roman mosaic floor centered on a Solomon’s Knot motif, shedding new light on how art, belief, and urban life intersected in one of the eastern Mediterranean’s most important cities. The discovery was made during ongoing excavations along the North Street of the Smyrna …

Mosaic Floor Uncovered in Smyrna - Archaeology Magazine

IZMIR, TURKEY—Türkiye Today reports that a small room with a mosaic floor has been found in a structure built between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. at the site of Smyrna, an ancient port on the Aegean coast, by a team of researchers led by Akin Ersoy of Izmir Katip Celebi University. The building is situated on Agora North Street, one of the city’s main streets. The floor measures about 10 feet wide by 13 feet long, and features geometric …

Rare Late Roman mosaic with Solomon’s Knot discovered beneath modern İzmir

Archaeologists excavate the ancient city of Smyrna underneath the modern urban fabric of İzmir and have uncovered a rare mosaic-floored room that offers new insights into Late Antique daily life and belief systems. The discovery was made along the Agora’s North Street during year-round excavations conducted as part of Turkey’s “Heritage for the Future” project, […]