Archaeologists discover ancient mosaic with message: 'Be cheerful, enjoy your life'

Archaeologists discover ancient mosaic with message: 'Be cheerful, enjoy your life'

The mosaic shows a skeleton reclining with a pitcher of wine and loaf of bread alongside Greek text that reads: 'Be cheerful, enjoy your life'

Rachael Pells |
20 hours ago|



Archaeologists in Turkey have received wizened advice from beyond the grave after uncovering a unique 2,400 year-old ancient Greek mosaic.

The floor tiles, excavated in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border, show a skeleton lying down with a wine pitcher and loaf of bread alongside Ancient Greek text that reads: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life”.

Described as the “reckless skeleton”, the mosaic is once thought to have belonged in the dining room of an upper class home.

According to archaeologist Demet Kara from the Hatay Archeology Museum, who were involved with the excavation, the mosaic is an artefact from the ancient Greek-Roman city of Antioch.

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