However, it is a matter of debate if the Achaemenid court had a full harem culture, as women does not appear to have been fully secluded in the harem. The fact that women lived in separate quarters at the Royal Palace does not necessarily mean that they were secluded from contact with men, and despite the (possibly biased) Greek reports, there are no archeological evidence supporting the existence of a harem, or the seclusion of women from contact with men, at the Achaemenid court.