Zeugma's mosaic treasures: by 10b travelling / Carsten ten Brink

In Southeastern Turkey, Gaziantep hosts the excellent new museum, mostly with mosaics from the Roman city of Zeugma. This is reputed to be the largest mosaic museum in the world (previous hooolder of the record was the Bardo in Tunisia). Zeugma was conquered in the 3rd century AD. The excavation and rescue of the mosaics accelerated following the decision to build the Bilercik dam, whose waters now cover the historic site,