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Elephant on Roman mosaic

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Elephant on a Roman mosaic
Elephant on Roman mosaic

Roman mosaic from V century CE, depicting war-elephant. Object was found in Huqoq, a Roman-Jewish village in ancient Galilea. It is one of the few glimpses into the appearance of the war elephants of antiquity.

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