The Beauty of Inlay in Mosaic Art
During the first half of the 4th century B.C., Greco-Roman culture continued to be integrated into the thought, art and folklore of the Near East. From the 3rd century B.C. until the 8th century A.D., classical art, dominated by Greco-Roman art, became the dominant style in the Near East. Mosaic mosaics, representative of Greco-Roman art, were made of small broken colored stones, glass, ceramics, etc.. They were used primarily to cover the floors of public buildings and wealthy homes and were popular throughout the Classical period and continued to develop during the Byzantine period. Remains of mosaics from the Roman to Byzantine periods are preserved in Caesarea, Masada, and Beit Zion in Israel. Zippori in the Galilee region of central Israel, in particular, has a concentration of more than 60 mosaic mosaics from the 3rd to 6th centuries AD. From the 1st to the 7th centuries, Zippori served as a transit point for trade to the Galilee, making it a thriving commercial city. Today,