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To: Greg or e who wrote (63054)11/20/2014 2:42:03 AM
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Part of a mosaic floor in Sepphoris, often referred to as the: "Mona Lisa of the Galilee"....(just 3 miles away from Nazereth)
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From the 3rd century city of Sepphoris, in what was then Roman Palestine. She is part of a large
mosaic - whose main subject is Dionysus - which decorates the triclinium floor in a grand villa.



Floor mosaic from synagogue at Sepphoris depicting the zodiac. An example of Jewish syncretism with Hellenism

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