Considered to be one of the Louvre’s treasures since 1862, Qabr Hiram’s mosaics actually come from the village of Hanawai, located on the road from Tyre to Qana in southern Lebanon. Composed of an exemplary set of several ancient Near Eastern mosaics, this paleo-Christian composition from a small Byzantine church dedicated to St. Christopher, the … Continue reading The Mosaics of Qabr Hiram, one of the Louvre’s treasures