Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum | The Biggest Mosaic Museum On The World
Currently, the world’s largest mosaic museum is the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, which holds mosaics covering an area of 2,462 square meters. The Zeugma Museum is especially noteworthy for featuring a mosaic of the “Gypsy Girl,” which is frequently used in promotional material for Turkey.
This modern museum showcases superb mosaics unearthed at the Roman site of Belkıs-Zeugma before the Birecik Dam flooded most of the site forever.
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Gypsy Girl Gaia, Roman Mosaic from Zeugma | This mosaic which was found during the zeugma excavations in 1992, long before Zeugma became a current issue, became the symbol of Zeugma because of the mysterious look she had in her eyes
Oceanus, Roman Mosaic from Zeugma |
Oceanos, the archaic era lives with Tethys who symbolizes the feminine component in the sea. It is believed that all rivers and stream came into existence from Oceanus and Tethys