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Reconstruction of the interior of a typical house in Ҫatalhöyük, a Neolithic proto-city in central Turkey, inhabited between c. 7400 and c. 5600 BCE.

Roman mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy. In the upper register, a cat clutches a quail. In the lower register, two ducks feed next to an assortment of seafood. National Archaeological...

A section of the 1st century CE cupids frieze from the triclinium or dining room from the House of the Vetti in Pompeii. The frieze depicts cupids selling flowers and perfumes and as workers who sell flowers...

A 1917 photograph of ex-Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) while under house arrest on the orders of the Bolshevik government. Nicholas here wears his military uniform, but his decision to appoint himself commander-in-chief...

The ruins of the Great House, Kilwa on the Swahili Coast (modern Tanzania). Likely constructed during the reign of al Hasan ibn Suleiman (r. 1320-1333 CE).

The view of the Moscow Kremlin from the balcony of the House on the Embankment. Photo taken in 2019 by photographer Semyon Borisov.

Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins' (l. 1581-1644 CE) house at Plimoth Plantation, a reconstruction of Plymouth Colony. Plymouth, MA.

A fresco from the House of the Ladies in Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini), c. 17th century BCE. The several women depicted on the walls of the room wear typical Minoan dress. Above the women is...

The watercolour of a fisherman's house by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). Painted c. 1497 CE. (British Museum, London)

The peristyle of the house of the Vettii, Pompeii. The villa was preserved following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.