Sicily, Italy - September 2019; The Villa Romana del Casale is a lavish Roman palace located near to the town of Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Excavatio

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Sicily, Italy - September 2019; The Villa Romana del Casale is a lavish Roman palace located near to the town of Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Excavations have revealed one of the most spectacular, colourful and varied collections of Roman mosaics in the world. The villa and artwork contained within date to the early 4th century CE, and are beautifully preserved due to the extensive landslides and floods which covered their remains. The entire complex been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Think bikinis are a new thing? These mosaics say no. Romans evidently knew how to have funÉ This moosaic shows a group of well-heeled Roman women playing sports and just having fun.

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