10 Places Where We Can See Unique Roman Mosaics

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8The Getty Villa in the United States

Getty Villa was founded in 1974 in Malibu, Los Angeles (USA) and is an educational centre and museum dedicated to ancient culture, especially Greece, Rome and Etruria. The museum’s collection contains about 44,000 antique objects, dated from 6500 BCE to 400 CE.

Among the most interesting objects is the ancient monster – Jellyfish – located in the central part of the illusionist composition. The mosaic is located in the museum lobby and is dated to the 1st century CE.