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In Merida, Conservators Documented A Roman Mosaic Panel Depicting Medusa, Adding Mythic Iconography To Augusta Emerita’s Lavish Pavements

Merida already holds a reputation for stunning Roman remains, yet a newly documented mosaic panel featuring Medusa adds a fresh jolt to the city’s archaeological record. Her swirling hair, fierce ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Iron Window Bars Unearthed at a Roman Public Bath in Spain

In 25 B.C.E., Romans founded a colony called Augusta Emerita in what is now Mérida, Spain. Consortium of the Monumental City of Mérida Archaeologists working at the site of an ancient Roman bath ...
JSTOR Daily

Abuse or Reuse? Public Space in Late Antique Emerita

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract Throughout late antiquity, long after the collapse of the Roman administrative system, Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) retained its ...
UNESCO

Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...