While excavating a probable entrance into the garden of the peristyle house, team members discovered a lintel in situ. Typically the destruction at a site like Hippos would have long ago deprived excavators of complete doorways. The entrance to the garden at Hippos is intact and being revealed.
![Exterior entrance to the garden of the peristyle house.](https://northeastinsulaeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/garden-entrance-revealed-240x300.jpg)