In 1953 the writer and curator Nancy Newhall assembled

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Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa Getty Merch In 1953 the writer andAcha Ben Abed In this volume, one of the worlds leading experts on the mosaics of Roman Africa, provides an introduction to the remarkable art of Tunisian Mosaics. As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth centuries, mosaic art blossomed,