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offers findings on the origins and evolution of antiquarianism-a deep interest in objects and records from the past-in many different societies

Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa cups & mugs Photography as Fiction includes seventy-sixEdited 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