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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.

A large domus at La Villasse, the Dolphin House, Vaison-la-Romaine, France. The house was a farm in the first century CE and became an urban home in the following century. It takes its name from a small marble dolphin found inside.

This marble bust discovered in the Rhône River, near Arles, is debated as a possible portrait of Julius Caesar, Musée de l’Arles antique.