Ancient Mosaic Dicovered in Jerusalem

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A 1,500 year old mosaic floor was discovered near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. It dates Back to the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian between 527–565 AD.
Extremely Rare Ancient Mosaic Bearing a Greek Inscription Discovered “Miraculously” in Jerusalem

A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor bearing Greek writing has been unearthed near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Archaeologists describe the new find as a truly unique discovery of an ancient artifact and an historic document in one.

Ancient Mosaic with a Greek Inscription Uncovered
Workers digging in order to install communications cables in Jerusalem's Old City, happened to uncover an intact mosaic with a Greek inscription, on what appears to have been the floor of an ancient version of a luxurious hostel 1,500 years ago. The Times of Israel reports that the inscription reads: "In the time of our most pious emperor Flavius Justinian, also this entire building Constantine the most God-loving priest and abbot, established and raised, in the 14th indiction," as Leah Di Segni of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem deciphered. Di Segni, an expert on ancient Greek inscriptions, explained that “indiction” was an ancient method of counting years, for taxation purposes.

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