An ancient Roman mosaic has recently revealed a millennia-old depiction of flip-flops – showing that certain footwear has always been in style. The discovery was announced by the Archaeological Park ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I spend most of my visit to the Villa Romana del Casale staring at the floor, my eyes drawn by the 3,500 square ...

During 70 years of sporadic excavations at the Villa Romana del Casale, an elaborate Roman villa in south-central Sicily, archaeologists have uncovered some unusual mosaics beneath layers of mud and ...

The recently discovered mosaic with the flip-flop like sandals. Credit: Regione Siciliana / Parco Archeologico di Morgantina e Villa Romana del Casale Alongside these representations, archaeologists ...