Fur-ever immortalized.
Archaeologists have unearthed a mosaic a Roman household commissioned to honor its beloved dog and cat nearly 2,000 years ago.
The artwork, believed to date to the late second or third century AD, was found inside the remains of a Roman villa beneath the ancient harbor city of Adramytteion on Turkey’s Aegean coast, according to Live Science.
At the heart of the villa sat an expansive mosaic, measuring about 16.4 by 11.8 feet and made up of 15 individual scenes depicting birds, fish, felines and figures from mythology — including what appears to be the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa at its center.
But only two of the many…
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