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Roman mosaic, Villa of the Birds, Kom El Deka, Alexandria, Egypt

Floor mosaic with bird panels, detail of purple gallinule and parrot, 2nd century AD, from the bedroom or cubilculum of the Villa of the Birds, an opulent villa in the residential district at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Floor mosaic with bird panels, detail of purple gallinule and parrot, 2nd century AD, from the bedroom or cubilculum of the Villa of the Birds, an opulent villa in the residential district at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. Picture by Manuel Cohen