Ancient mosaic found at anatolian trading city
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Researchers from Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara University, and South Korea’s National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage uncovered a mosaic floor in central Anatolia at the archaeological site of Kültepe-Kanesh, near Kayseri, Turkey.
Kültepe-Kanesh, settled in the third millennium B.C., served as a major settlement through the Roman period. The team found the mosaic under four layers of archaeological deposits dating from 323 to 30 B.C.
The largest section of the mosaic measures approximately five feet square, and fragments suggest the original floor was larger. Workers prepared the ground by leveling it and covering it with crushed stone, soil, and pebbles before laying the mosaic. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated this is the first mosaic discovered at Kültepe-Kanesh. Archaeologists previously found an archive of cuneiform tablets at the site, offering insight into the area’s history.
