{"id":1068,"date":"2013-10-15T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T17:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2013-10-23T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:16:19","slug":"surprising-mosaic-discovery-yields-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/surprising-mosaic-discovery-yields-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Mosaic Discovery Yields Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageBlock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/surprising-mosaic-discovery-yields-insights\/20120917mosaic-5clean\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1173\" alt=\"20120917mosaic-5clean\" src=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120917mosaic-5clean-450x300.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120917mosaic-5clean-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120917mosaic-5clean-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KkKh68_GBcs?rel=0\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A massive mosaic unearthed in Turkey by a UNL team is providing new insights about the Roman Empire\u2019s reach and cultural influence during the third and fourth centuries AD. UNL\u2019s Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History,\u00a0directs the archaeological excavation. The meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot mosaic of decorative handiwork was part of a Roman bath. Hoff said it\u2019s surprising to find a mosaic of this size and caliber in the area. It demonstrates the empire\u2019s strength in this far-flung region. \u201cWe\u2019re beginning to understand now that it was more Romanized, more in line with the rest of the Roman world than was suspected before.\u201d Hoff leads a team of students and scholars from UNL and other U.S. and Turkish universities, as well as local residents and colleagues from Atat\u00fcrk University working on the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive mosaic unearthed in Turkey by a UNL team is providing new insights about the Roman Empire\u2019s reach and cultural influence during the third and fourth centuries AD. UNL\u2019s Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History,\u00a0directs the archaeological excavation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/surprising-mosaic-discovery-yields-insights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[564,563,562,561],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-highlights","tag-archaeology","tag-international-project","tag-michael-hoff","tag-turkey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}