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Last updated 17 Jun 2024

Mosaics have been a popular art for many centuries now and their origin is believed to date back to Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. It was a form of decoration widely used in Ancient Greece and Rome mainly for floors, and in early Christian basilicas it was used for depicting holly scenes and images on the walls and ceilings. Mosaics were also very popular in Islamic art until about the 8th century and Jews used in throughout the 5th and 6th centuries to decorate synagogues' floors in the Middle East. This type of art saw its golden period between 6th and 15th centuries during the Byzantine Empire but was abandoned as a technique during the Renaissance, though Raphael liked using it. Mosaics is made of small tiles that are called tesserae. In the past natural stones like marble and