Restoration Ruins Roman Mosaics
Restoration work on a series of Roman mosaics in Turkey dating from the 2nd century to the 6th century has gone horribly wrong thanks to a botched repair job at the Hatay Archaeological Museum in the southern city of Antakya, the BBC reports. Local craftsman Mehmet Daskapan raised his concerns about the repair quality in an interview with a local paper four months ago. “Valuable pieces from the Roman period have been ruined,” he told Antakya Gazetesi at the time. “They have become caricatures of their former selves.” Before and after photos taken by Daskapan show the extent of the damage. Some of the mosaic stones have been replaced with stones of different shapes and colors. Consequently, the facial expressions now appear awry and skewed.
