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title: House of the Hunt Subterranean Room
author: Meryem Athimni
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21056/house-of-the-hunt-subterranean-room/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-10-02
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# House of the Hunt Subterranean Room

_Authored by Meryem Athimni_

## Image File

[![House of the Hunt Subterranean Room](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21056.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21056.jpg)

## Image Caption

Underground room of the House of the Hunt, photograph by Meryem Athimni, Tunisia, 25 April, 2015.

The underground peristyle of the lower floor of the House of the Hunt in Bulla Regia, Tunisia, featuring Corinthian columns. The house had rooms arranged around a peristyle that rested partly on cisterns. An above-ground hunting [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/), from which the house derives its name, has been left in situ, depicting the owner and his servants on a hunt.

Bulla Regia is famous for its underground villas designed to provide cool interiors during the hot summers, and the House of the Hunt is one example of these residences.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Athimni, M. (2025, October 02). House of the Hunt Subterranean Room. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21056/house-of-the-hunt-subterranean-room/>
### Chicago
Athimni, Meryem. "House of the Hunt Subterranean Room." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 02, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21056/house-of-the-hunt-subterranean-room/>.
### MLA
Athimni, Meryem. "House of the Hunt Subterranean Room." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Oct 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21056/house-of-the-hunt-subterranean-room/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNDERGROUND_HOUSE_-_BULLAREGIA.jpg) by [**Meryem Athimni**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNDERGROUND_HOUSE_-_BULLAREGIA.jpg). Submitted by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/ "User Page: Carole Raddato"), published on 02 October 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.