Images Dated 14th December 2013

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Byzantine style. Bear. Istanbul

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Mosaics of pavement of a peristyle court (Great Palace of Constantinople). 4th-6th centuries. Byzantine period. Detail. Attack of a brown bear. South-western hall. Istanbul. Turkey

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Gingerbread hearts, decorated with icing reading Merry Christmas are displayed for

Gingerbread hearts, decorated with icing reading "Merry Christmas" are displayed for sale at a shopping mall in Dortmund December 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY FOOD) - BM2E9CE1DX101

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Byzantine style. Maked head. Ist

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Mosaics of pavement of a peristyle court (Great Palace of Constantinople). 4th-6th centuries. Byzantine period. Detail. Trees and masked head in an acanthus scroll. South-western hall. Istanbul. Turkey

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