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Description:: The mosaic floors are situated in the lowest point of the excavations, about 1.8 m below the surrounding area. Significantly lower than the level of the nearby modern sewage, project staff took advantage of the ancient sewage system to solve the issue of drainage, especially for rainwater. For more details, refer to the Final Report.
Date:: September, 2005
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: The need to uncover surviving mosaics of the house alpha, as well as overall plan of the mosaic exhibition required the removal of both some of these low-surviving Late Roman walls and fragments reconstructed in the seventies
Date:: December 17, 1997
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Vincent, Robert
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: In order to protect the mosaics within their original context, a 15 x 12 m shelter was built to prevent damage from detrimental atmospheric factors, especially rainwater. The shelter protects the mosaic floors from direct sunshine (staving the risk of thermal expansion) and possible damage from visitors. As they are situated 1.5 m below ground level, a footbridge was constructed for viewers. There are no internal supports to conflict aesthetically with the remaining ancient ruins. The shelter's outer wall was designed to adjust to the existing walls of the Byzantine building. In places where the walls did not survive or were preserved in lower course, new walls made of security glass panels were introduced. For more details on the shelter design, refer to the Final Report or the Progress Reports.
Date:: May 1999 - April 2000
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Brock, Edwin
Vincent, Robert
Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: In order to protect the mosaics within their original context, a 15 x 12 m shelter was built to prevent damage from detrimental atmospheric factors, especially rainwater. The shelter protects the mosaic floors from direct sunshine (staving the risk of thermal expansion) and possible damage from visitors. As they are situated 1.5 m below ground level, a footbridge was constructed for viewers. There are no internal supports to conflict aesthetically with the remaining ancient ruins. The shelter's outer wall was designed to adjust to the existing walls of the Byzantine building. In places where the walls did not survive or were preserved in lower course, new walls made of security glass panels were introduced. For more details on the shelter design, refer to the Final Report or the Progress Reports.
Date:: October 1998 - October 1999
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Vincent, Robert
Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: In order to protect the mosaics within their original context, a 15 x 12 m shelter was built to prevent damage from detrimental atmospheric factors, especially rainwater. The shelter protects the mosaic floors from direct sunshine (staving the risk of thermal expansion) and possible damage from visitors. As they are situated 1.5 m below ground level, a footbridge was constructed for viewers. There are no internal supports to conflict aesthetically with the remaining ancient ruins. The shelter's outer wall was designed to adjust to the existing walls of the Byzantine building. In places where the walls did not survive or were preserved in lower course, new walls made of security glass panels were introduced. For more details on the shelter design, refer to the Final Report or the Progress Reports.
Date:: October 10, 1998 - February 1999
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Brock, Edwin
Vincent, Robert
Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: The shelter design was expanded to accommodate the newly discovered mosaic a-6 through the construction of a niche. The niche was constructed after dismantling a section of the southern wall in Byzantine building B, entirely reconstructed in the 1970s. For more details on the expanded shelter design, refer to Progress report 4 or the Final Report.
Date:: September, 2005
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: The state of the mosaics varied greatly. Initially, they seemed to be in good condition, although some fragments had loosened, and there was damage on the edges of all four mosaics where the stone walls had been dismantled. Some tesserae exhibited black marks and breaking due to a fire. There were mechanical damages due to the crumbling walls. The surface shows two kinds of repairs in the past; ancient and modern (1970s). For more details on the conditions of the mosaic upon excavation, refer to the Final Report or Progress Report 5.
Date:: May 14 - July 9, 1998
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Brock, Edwin
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

Description:: In order to protect the mosaics within their original context, a 15 x 12 m shelter was built to prevent damage from detrimental atmospheric factors, especially rainwater. The shelter protects the mosaic floors from direct sunshine (staving the risk of thermal expansion) and possible damage from visitors. As they are situated 1.5 m below ground level, a footbridge was constructed for viewers. There are no internal supports to conflict aesthetically with the remaining ancient ruins. The shelter's outer wall was designed to adjust to the existing walls of the Byzantine building. In places where the walls did not survive or were preserved in lower course, new walls made of security glass panels were introduced. For more details on the shelter design, refer to the Final Report or the Progress Reports.
Date:: October 1999 - April 2000
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Brock, Edwin
Vincent, Robert
Collection:: Villa of the Birds Mosaic Conservation

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