What term is applied to the fusion of Roman, Greek and Persian cultures that reached its peak after the 4th century AD during the reign of Justinian, and is seen in mosaics, frescoes, metal work, ivory carving and silk weaving?
Byzantine Mosaics Byzantine Mosaics Byzantine Mosaics are late Roman & Byzantine mosaics of Berytus (actually Beirut, Lebanon). Actually they are often nicknamed the ""Beirut's Souk's Byzantine Mosaics"". During late Roman empire centuries but mostly during Byzantine times, the floors in the area where now there are the 'Souks area' were laid with mosaic pavements. The excavations of the mid-1990s revealed around seven hundred square meters of 4th, 5th and 6th century AD mosaics. In Byzantine times, the floors of shops and houses in the area of the Souks were laid with mosaic pavements. The colonnades had mosaic pavements with Greek (and a
Kholmogory bone carving Kholmogory bone carving Kholmogory bone carving () is a traditional handicraft practised in the villages of Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of Russia. The craft of bone carving was developed in the town of Kholmogory in the 17th century. It has been first mentioned in connection with the fact that two Kholmogory carvers, brothers Yevdokim and Semyon Sheshenin, were invited to work in the Kremlin Armoury, which performed orders for the tsar’s court. The handicraft reached its peak in the 18th century, under the reign of Peter the Great. Walrus ivory, seal bones, and in rare cases even