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Artist's depiction of the Norse goddess Skadi and her husband, the god Njord, on their way to Njord's home of Nóatún. Although Skadi enjoys the mountains where she hunts and skis and Njord likes his dark, damp cave by the water, they try...

Olga of Kiev, who is better known as Saint Olga (d. 969) of the Kievan Rus. After her husband, Igor of Kiev (r. 912-945) is killed by the Drevlian tribe (a tribe of Early East Slavs), Olga seeks bloody vengeance and achieves this, among others...

Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892) depicting the death of Hervor, the heroine of the 13th century CE Scandinavian Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. She wields her father's magic sword Tyrfing but it brings its owner nothing but trouble...

Vestiges of the facade of a second century CE temple at the Roman Forum, Arles.

The partially excavated House of the Laurelled Apollo at the Roman archaeological site of Puymin, Vaison-la-Romaine, France.

Les Trémaïé, a bas-relief from the Gallo-Roman Period carved out from a rock-cut hill depicting Roman figures, Les Baux-de-Provence, France.

The Ambroix Bridge at Ambrussum (modern-day Lunel, France) is an impressive work of engineering, which allowed the Via Domitia to cross the Vidourle River. It is thought to have had 11 arches and to have been over 175 m (574 ft) in length...

Ambrussum is a Gallo-Roman archaeological site which has revealed an exceptional collection of buildings from the Gallic and Roman periods. Ambrussum was a relay station on the Via Domitia which ran at the foot of the settlement. The town...

“The Peacock Mosaic,” middle of second century CE, Musée Theo Desplan, Vaison-la-Romaine, France.

The first century CE Roman bridge at Vaison-la-Romaine, France.