{"id":3782,"date":"2016-04-22T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/04\/22\/ancient-mosaic-featuring-cheerful-skeleton-found\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:50:08","slug":"ancient-mosaic-featuring-cheerful-skeleton-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/04\/22\/ancient-mosaic-featuring-cheerful-skeleton-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient mosaic featuring &#8216;cheerful&#8217; skeleton found in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/archaeologicalnews.tumblr.com\/post\/143217332135\">archaeologicalnews<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/569451a44ec952fadf8e513da5cd41bc\/tumblr_inline_o61gsxqdfC1qgjbhq_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s state-run news agency says archaeologists have unearthed an ancient mosaic featuring a reclining skeleton holding a drink with the inscription in Greek: \u201cBe cheerful, enjoy life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anadolu Agency said Friday the mosaic was discovered during excavations in the Syrian border province of Hatay\u2014ancient Antioch\u2014which boasts Turkey\u2019s largest collection of ancient mosaics.<\/p>\n<p>Anadolu said the floor mosaic, dating from the third century B.C., is believed to have decorated the dining area of a home. The skeleton, featured on a black background, is surrounded by bread and an amphora.<\/p>\n<p>Anadolu quoted archaeologist Demet Kara as saying the mosaic is unique in Turkey but a similar one has been found in Italy. <a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-04-ancient-mosaic-featuring-skeleton-turkey.html\">(source)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblelog\" href=\"https:\/\/tmblr.co\/mA3yCDbWPQurXIXWNPm9frA\">@eudaemaniacal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>archaeologicalnews: Turkey\u2019s state-run news agency says archaeologists have unearthed an ancient mosaic featuring a reclining skeleton holding a drink with the inscription in Greek: \u201cBe cheerful, enjoy life.\u201d Anadolu Agency said Friday the mosaic was discovered during excavations in the Syrian border province of Hatay\u2014ancient Antioch\u2014which boasts Turkey\u2019s largest collection of ancient mosaics. Anadolu said &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/04\/22\/ancient-mosaic-featuring-cheerful-skeleton-found\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ancient mosaic featuring &#8216;cheerful&#8217; skeleton found in Turkey&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}