ISBN 978-0-89236-697-2

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214 b/w photographs

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Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa SCULPT ISBN 978-0-89236-697-2Edited by Acha Ben Abed Between the second and the sixth centuries of the common era, elaborate mosaics were designed and created to pave the floors of town homes and rural estates of the Roman settlements in North Africa. These stunning mosaics were especially widespread in the colony of Africa Proconsularis, modern day Tunisia, and covered a wide range of subject matter, from scenes of daily life and classical mythology to abstract floral and