Stone carpets - Roman mosaic floors from city villas in Mainz

In contrast to Trier and Cologne with their numerous mosaic floors from Roman times, Mainz was long considered to be poor in mosaics. The joint presentation by Mainz State Archaeology and the Mainz State Museum with the old and new finds known to date shows a different picture. In addition to the Orpheus mosaic from Badergasse, which has been largely restored to its original size and depicts the famous singer among wild animals, the second, figuratively decorated mosaic depicting a panther from Welschnonnengasse is being shown for the first time. Other highlights of the exhibition include the remains of a glass workshop from Bauhofstraße, which produced glass cubes for mosaics, building fittings from mosaic-decorated villas such as wall paintings and the statues of Salus and Neptune from the Mainz customs port. A specially created city map with the locations where the mosaics were found also provides new information on the Roman city topography.