The Lod Mosaic, Lod, Israel

Quite a nice mosaic -and quite large at 27 by 50 feet- was discovered in 1996 in Lod, Israel, and is now starting a tour of US museums.

Made around 300 AD, it is virtually pristine except for a section destroyed centuries later when someone dug a cesspit through it.

Lots of pictures of the conservation process at this site, including pics of the bare and shod footprints of the people who made it some 1700 years ago.