Huge Roman Mosaic Discovered at Lod

The largest and one of the finest mosaics ever discovered in Israel has been found at Lod, in central Israel. It is a Roman antiquity, dating from the 3rd century CE and measures 10 meters by 18 meters. It is made of small colored stones which have retained their freshness for 1,700 years, and is almost undamaged. It was apparently the floor of a large hall in the house of a Roman official.

It depicts a variety of animals -- lions, a giraffe, a hippopotamus, an…