Pixelation - It's Not New

24 March 2013

Portions of an ancient (about 5 A.D.) floor with the scene being composed of many small colored stone tiles.  These floors were originally in the homes of wealthy people in the middle east but both natural trauma and destroying wars demolished the buildings and eventually they were covered by centuries of deposition of earth.  In about 1932 The Baltimore Museum of Art gave assistance in the way of money and volunteers to help in the archeological digs to help expose the ancient ruins and these fabulous works of art.  In thanks for the help a number of sections of the flooring was given by the owning country to The Baltimore Museum of Art