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Fresco in the bath complex of Salamis in Cyprus depicting the myth of Hylas and the water nymphs, end of 3rd century CE.

The bath complex of Salamis had a sweating-room, marble-lined pools, cold and hot rooms and an exposed hypocaust (underfloor heating system). The building was decorated with stunning mythological-themed mosaics and frescoes.

The gymnasium of Salamis in Cyprus, with its colonnaded palaestra, was built over the ruins of an earlier Hellenistic gymnasium in the 2nd century CE during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian after Salamis had been greatly damaged during the...

The latrines of the gymnasium of Salamis in Cyprus. They were a semicircular structure with a roof supported on columns and had a capacity of 44.

One of the most famous petroglyphs at The Begbyfelt in Østfold, Norway, depicts a humanlike figure, The “Begbyman”. The petroglyph is categorized as an "Agricultural carvings”, and is believed to have been made between c. 1800 BCE and c...

A collection of petroglyphs at The Begbyfelt in Østfold, Norway. The Petroglyphs are categorized as "Agricultural carvings”, and are believed to have been made between c. 1800 BCE and c. 400 CE.

Stone circles and mounds at The Hunnfelt in Østfold, Norway. Dating from c. 500 BCE to c. 900 CE.

View of the nine stone circles at The Hunnfelt in Østfold, Norway. Dating from c. 500 BCE to c. 900 CE.

Labours of the month - June Illustration from a 15th-century CE manuscript Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 5r – Book of Hours

Begijnhof, Breda, The Netherlands. The Beguines were all devoted women who lived lives of poverty, good works, and charity but were not nuns and could leave the group whenever they chose to.