The Lod Mosaic: The Discovery of an Ancient Roman Mosaic

Read more about the Roman Mosaic here: , This four-minute video produced by the Metropolitan Museum from footage provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority documents the initial discovery of the Lod mosaic in 1996 and its lifting and conservation in 2009. The work in 2009 produced some dramatic results that shed light on the way the mosaic was laid some seventeen hundred years ago. Produced by Christopher Noey Edited by Kate Farrell Animation by Paul Caro Production Assistant - Sarah Cowan Audio Post-Production - David Raymond Scholarly Consultant - Christopher Lightfoot Special Thanks: Miriam Avissar Jacob Fisch Carlos Picón Jacques Neguer All photographs and video footage courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.