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Cosmological mosaic, detail of Natura or Nature, wearing necklace and bracelets, with arm raised to clutch a mantle, in a room off the atrium used for business, in Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic represents the myth of the origin of the Roman universe, depicting earth, heaven and sea and the forces which govern them. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen 
Unique Identifier AR6176247 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 7087px × 4724px 
Photo Credit Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY 
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1ST CENTURY AD
2ND CENTURY AD
ALLEGORICAL
Allegory
ANCIENT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Archaeology
ARCHEOLOGICAL
archeology
Architecture
Astronomy
Badajoz
CASA DEL MITREO
classical
cosmic
COSMOLOGICAL
DECORATIVE
detail
DOMUS
ESPAÑA
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
EXCAVATION
EXTREMADURA
FLOOR MOSAIC
Heaven
HERITAGE
HISPANIA
History
HOME
House
IBERIA
IBERIAN PENINSULA
legend
LUSITANIA
MERIDA
Mosaic
MYTH
Natura
NATURE
ORIGIN
Personification
Roman
Roman Empire
SITE
Southern Europe
Southern European
Spanish
Tourist Attraction
UNESCO
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Universe
visitor attraction
Woman