What is the history of the area where the mosaic was found

The mosaic referred to in the question is the Lod Mosaic.

Explanation:

The Lod Mosaic is a mosaic floor discovered in 1996 in Israel´s town of Lod. It's one of the largest and best preserved mosaic floors uncovered in the country. The mosaic is thought to date back to around the year 300 CE. Lod is the Hebrew name of the city, and in the new testament it appears in its Greek form Lydda, which was destroyed by the Romans in the year 66 CE, during the Jewish War. Refounded by Hadrian as Diospolis, Lydda was assigned a Roman colony under Septimius Severus in 200 CE. It remained in Roman hands until becoming a Christian city and eventually falling to Arab conquerors in 636 CE.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.

c, d, e, f, g, a, b, and c.

sometimes western music will also use solfege. the names of these are do ra me fa sol la si (or ti) and do.

to indicate a note a half step higher or lower then the original note, you would say c # (for a half a step above c) or bb (for half a step below b)