According to scholars, mosaics in the LEGO medium flourished between the years 2020-2022, but believe it or not, people were making mosaic art long before this, especially during the Byzantine Empire. Joël Jurg, history student and AFOL, recreates the famous mosaic portrait of Emperor Justinian I as seen in the Basilica of San Vitale. Joël wrote his undergraduate thesis on Justinian’s construction project in Constantinople (Istanbul), including the Hagia Sophia, which also looks incredible in LEGO.