A stunning mosaic floor uncovered at Amphipolis in northern Greece, shows the Greek god Hermes as a charioteer, leading a bearded man to the Underworld. Hermes wears a petasos on his head, a cloak, winged sandals and holds a caduceus, a winged staff with two snakes wrapped around it.
The mosaic covers the whole floor of a chamber -- a 14.7-foot wide by 9.8-foot long area. A large portion of the middle section is missing, however, archaeologists have found many pieces of the damaged area and will try to puzzle the floor back together.
A bearded passenger on the chariot wears a laurel wreath and has just the left side of face showing. Archaeologists believe the man to be Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, who had lost his right eye and also won a wreath at an Olympic game.
Two white horses pull the chariot bound for the banks of the river Styx.