Palace floors

Seeing Istanbul, dominated by centuries of Ottoman remains, I am sometimes confused as to how the city's Byzantine time may have looked. It is much more difficult to find and discern those traces, even if the Hagia Sofia and the Hippodrome dominate the central parts of old Istanbul. I have seen a Byzantine palace and some old churches also, in what was then the outskirts of the city. However, finding the museum showing remains of the mosaic floors of the Great Palace of Byzantine Konstantinople helped me lot in shedding more light on this portion of history.