Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa AIA2021 is coauthor of Cave Temples

is coauthor of Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road (Getty Publications

these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists

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was the winner of the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities

ISBN 978-1-60606-101-5

Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa AIA2021 is coauthor of Cave TemplesAcha Ben Abed In this volume, one of the worlds leading experts on the mosaics of Roman Africa, provides an introduction to the remarkable art of Tunisian Mosaics. As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth centuries, mosaic art blossomed,