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Depiction of an Achaemenid queen. National Museum of Iran

Gold fitting depicting a woman wearing a Persian robe and diadem. 6th-4th century BCE, Iran.

Fragment of white jasper stamp seal, oval shape with one end cut off straight; engraved with a woman. Early Sassanian, 4th century CE.

View of the seafront of the Roman town of Herculaneum from the west.

View of the partially excavated Palaestra in Herculaneum which was surrounded by a portico of fluted Corinthian columns on three sides and a cryptoporticus on the north side to support the terrace above. Built during the Augustan period (27...

The Trellis House in Herculaneum was built almost entirely of opus craticium, a low-cost building technique with square wooden frames filled with crushed rocks called opus incertum. The upper floor of this house was intended for use by several...

The interior courtyard of the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum with a staircase and a wooden balcony connecting to four upstairs rooms.

View from the tablinum to the peristyle of the House of the Black Hall in Herculaneum.

The atrium of the Samnite House in Herculaneum has a gallery with Ionic columns and latticework fences made of stucco on three sides. The house, which dates from the 2nd century BCE, is one of the oldest buildings so far discovered in Herculaneum...

Red-figure pottery depicting Hercules who receives the poisoned robe with Nessus' blood. c. 430 BCE