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Mosaic at the Mosque of the Umayyad, Damascus, issued by UAR (Syria) on September 14, 1958. Same mosaic is depicted on a stamp from 1947 posted by Outremer01 in page 2:  |
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Poseidon, god of the sea, riding his chariot, 3rd century Roman mosaic, Thamugas (Timgad, Algeria) Roman city, issued by Algeria on November 23, 1968:  |
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"Triton and Nymph", Roman mosaic from Isthmia, Greece. Issued by Greece in 1985:  |
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Here are two mosaic stamps issued by Israel on June 25, 1950 in a first Israeli airmail set shows birds in ancient Jewish art found in archaeological excavations: Mosaic of Ostrich, Beth Alpha synagogue, 3rd century CE:  Dove of Noah Ark mosaic, Old synagogue of Jerash (today Jordan), 4-5th centuries CE:   |
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The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed circa 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The walls were finished in glazed bricks mostly in blue, with animals and deities in low relief at intervals, these also made up of bricks that are molded and colored differently. The German archaeologist Robert Koldewey led the excavation of the site from 1904 to 1914. After the end of the First World War in 1918, the smaller gate was reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany. Mosaic of animals of Ishtar gate, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, issued by East Germany on November 23, 1966. Stamps show Aurochs (extinct cattle species), lions, symbols of goddess Ishtar and Sirrush, a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology: 
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Floor mosaic of fish and bread in Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, Sea of Galilee, Israel, ATM issued by Israel on November 19, 1996 for the Christmas:  |
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Tomas G. Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president (1850 – 1937) on the background of modern mosaic from Masaryk Village in Israel done by 15 women from the village assisted by artist Dalia Grossman, issued by Israel on November 30, 2021:  |
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Jerusalem from Madaba Mosaic map, issued by Israel on April 23, 1978 to publicize the "Tabir78" national stamp exhibition held in Jerusalem, Israel:  |
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