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View of the terrace garden of the House of the Deer in Herculaneum which commanded magnificent views over the Bay of Naples. It has copies of marble statues which originals were found in the garden: two of a deer being attacked by dogs, one...

The House of the Relief of Telephus is one of the largest houses in the excavated area of in Herculaneum covering about 1,800 sq. m. Its atrium is in the 'third style' with yellow panels and is fitted up with copies of marble discs called oscilla, suspended...

The House of the Pigeons at Uxmal, Mexico. This Maya building is so named because the intricate facade with many apertures resembles a dovecote. It was constructed c. 900 CE.

A fresco showing a silver tray containing prunes, dried figs and dates, and a glass cup with red wine. From the House of the Deer (Casa dei Cervi) at Herculaneum. Naples National Archaeological Museum (Italy).

Remains of the magistrate house, including a statue of Nemesis, at Herakleia Lynkestis, Macedonia.

Interior of a reconstructed Bronze Age stilt house. Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Germany.

Line of American soldiers at the Battle of Guilford Court House (15 March 1781). Artwork by H. Charles McBarron, from Soldiers of the American Revolution, c. 20th century.

Three relatively large adjoining rooms (a tablinum and two side rooms) in the House of Livia on the Palatine Hill, Rome. Each room was painted with a mythological subject and its floor decorated in black and white geometric mosaic.

A terracotta haniwa (tomb marker) in the form of a house. Saitobaru Burial Mounds, Saito-shi, Miyazaki, Japan. Kofun/Asuka Period, 5th century CE, Japan. Imperial Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum)

Ralph Waldo Emerson House, the long-time home of the transcendentalist essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Concord, Massachusetts, USA.