Antioch mosaics

The mosaics range in design from realistic imagery and scenes to purely geometric patterns.

[2] Beginning in 1932, a consortium of museums and institutions sponsored expeditions to the archaeological sites where the city of Antioch once stood.

[4] To be transported, large amounts of concrete was poured behind the mosaics to create a stable backing.

For an exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum in 2000, mosaics were compiled from Paris, Baltimore, Princeton and Wellesley, to reassemble a single room's floor.

They show the link between artistic styles of ancient Greece and Rome, and the art of early Christianity.

One of the Antioch mosaics in Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Hunt , in Worcester Art Museum , is the largest Antioch Mosaic in the United States.