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The Mosaic Museum is located in the Grand Palace, on the ruins of the Byzantine imperial palace complex, the mosaics, dating from 450-550, handcrafted with unique skill, are remarkable in terms of artistic and pictorial scenes. Scenes include a griffon eating a lizard, an elephant and a lion fighting, children tending geese, a man milking goats, a boy feeding his donkey, a girl holding a pitcher, bears eating apples, and a tiger hunter. Most of the mosaics created using limestone, terracotta, colored stones, marble cubes, glass and precious stones date back to the 5th and 6th centuries.
