Third century Roman villa found in ancient Ptolemais
Posted On: Oct 8th, 2017 at 12:38
Libya
A hoard of over 500 coins, statues, and elaborate mosaics have been discovered in ancient Ptolemais in Libya.
Founded in the 4th Century BC by the Greeks, it was around 600 years later that the Romans built the recently excavated villa.
The mosaics show scenes of Dionysus and Ariadne, among other images, and were preserved due to at least one earthquake that destroyed the villa in the mid-4th Century. The coins were also thought to have been buried in the rubble.
