Saturday, February 27, 2010

Mosaics from the Byzantine Monastery of Kursi (5th-6th Cent. AD) Contd.-Kursi National Park. During the 9th Cent. AD Kursi was used as residential and storage area by Arabs; See that the shapes of animal and human forms are almost obliterated in the mosaics: assumed to be from the strong Islamic sentiments against icons.




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