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Numancia. Ancient Celtiberian settlement. Famous in the Celtiberian Wars. Roman ruins. Near Soria. Spain
Italy. Herculaneum. House of the wooden partition wall
Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English archaeologist. KnowAusten Henry Layard (1817-1894). English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat
Excavating Nonsuch 1959Excavation work at Nonsuch Palace, Surrey. In 1959 no visible trace of the building existed. Excavations revealed foundations and many relics of Henry VIIIs fantastic palace. Date: 1959
Syria / ArchaeologyA reconstruction, based on German archaeological excavations, of the basic layout of the North Syrian walled city of Sendschirli. Date: late 19th century
Iraq / Archaeology / NinevehIron artifacts found in excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh. These include a chain, a socketed pick head and ring-mounted hooks. Date: 1874
Iraq / Archaeology / MosulExcavations in progress at the site of ancient Mosul. Around 400 AD, the city of Mosul began to eclipse the dominant city of Nineveh, on the other side of the Tigris
Cultural links between India and BabyloniaArchaeology revealing cultural links between India and Babylonia from the dig at Tell Agrab, a settlement mound southeast of Eshnunna in the Diyala region. 1928
Sumerian Fashions and Coiffure 500 Years Ago: KhafajeA page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934. Statuettes and figures found during excavations at Khafaje (Khafajah) Date: 9 June 1934
Sumerian Sculpture About 3000 B. CA page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934 issue, with an article by Dr Henry Frankfort, Director of the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Sumerian Cult-StatuesTwo of the twelve statues found during excavations at Tell Asmar, fifty miles north-east of Baghdad. On the left is the Lord of Fertility, and to the left, the Mother Goddess
Temple of Mithras, WalbrookA view from above of the site of the Roman Mithraic Temple uncovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during excavations before the construction of a new office building
Cambodia - Angkor Wat
The Gentle Art of Excavating - Early Walking Draglilne`An early form of the walking dragline stripping rocky overburden preparatory to erecting a new tea shop in the Allegheny Mountains
The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag ShoA new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses
Excavations for PoolExcavations under sea level, working night and day to have the new sea water supply for warm baths ready for Easter at Cliftonville Bathing Pool, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1932
Mali - Timbuktu - The Ponds (Mares) - Fetching waterMali - Timbuktu - The Ponds (Mares) - Large excavations dug out of the sand to draw up water from the depths. Date: circa 1910
Mali - Timbuktu - The Ponds (Mares) - Large excavations dug out of the sand to draw up water from the depths. Date: circa 1907
Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne OBEDr Archie Merton Ballantyne, OBE, HonFRAeS, 1908-1977, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951-1973, during the excavations for the Lecture Theatre. Date: 1908
Dr Ballantyne and the excavations for the lecture theatre
Excavations of Roman Fort in City of LondonThe site of a Roman fort, uncovered during an archaeological dig in Falcon Street, in the City of London. The fort, which was built before the ancient city wall is pictured in the shadow of
Excavating in the bombed Cripplegate areaMr W. F. Grimes, Keeper of the London Museum (Museum of London) assisted by a volunteer, archaeological worker, Miss Adrienne Farrell, in the excavations at Monkwell Street in the City of London
Excavations of ViriconiumThe remains of the Roman town of Viriconium Cornoviorum, also known as Uriconium, on which the modern day village of Wroxeter in Shropshire partly stands. Date: 1859
Large Minoan Strage Jar - PithoiThe excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce
Sir William HamiltonSIR WILLIAM HAMILTON diplomat and antiquary, notably in Italy : widely known for his marriage to Emma, but a serious scholar in his own right Date: 1730 - 1803
Excavations at TroyAn interesting sketch showing the aftermath of Schliemanns excavations at the site of Troy. He had actually cut through Homerian levels and revealed earlier foundations! Date: 1888
Pompeii BakeryA bakery in Ancient Rome, reconstructed from the excavations at Pompeii Date: ancient
Excavations at Gortinos, Crete, GreeceGortinos used to be Cretes capital during the Roman times. Photograph of the Italian archaeological excavations at Gortinos
Tiryns - The GalleryMinoan Hillfort complex of Tiryns. This site was excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in 1884-1885, and is the subject of ongoing excavations by the German Archaeological Institute at Athens
Greece - Palace of King Minos at KnossosThe excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce
Trier, Germany - Remains of the Roman Baths
Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
Pergamon, Turkey - The latest excavations (1908)The site of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon, situated today in Misia in northwestern Anatolia, sixteen miles from the Aegean Sea. Once nearly invaded by the Celts
Ephesus - Turkey - The new excavations in 1899New excavations in 1899 of the old Theatre at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus
The Market Place - Ephesus - TurkeyNew excavations in 1899 of the Marketplace at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus
Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a SarcophagusThe excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923)Photographic portrait of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), c.1922. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carters excavations in the Valley
Roman Villa on the Isle of WightA discovery by Captain Thorpe of Yarbridge at Morton Farm, near Brading, Isle of Wight. The area was fully explored, exposing several chambers and decorative Roman tiles
The gold wig of Mes-Kalam-DugA gold helmet discovered at the royal grave at Ur, rivalling the gold mask of Tutankhamen. The discovery was made by Mr C
The Earl of Carnarvon the initiator of the explorations in the Valley of the Kings. Born in 1866, Carnarvon sponsored Howard Carters excavations of the royal tombs in Thebes
Lowest level of Mesopotamias oldest cityDiscoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia
Deir-El-Bahari, excavations near ThebesDiscoveries of mummies and sepulchral relics in Deir-El-Bahari. Excavations on the West Bank at ancient Thebes
Portrait of Mr C Leonard WoolleySir Charles Leonard Woolley, director of the British Museum Expedition in Mesopotamia. Born in London, 1880, he carried out excavations in Alubaid and Tell el-Armarna
Excavated houses unearthed at HerculaneumAn ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D
Tunisia / Carthage / ExcavTreasure-hunting excavations at the site of Ancient Carthage
Babylon / ExcavationsExcavations behing the gate of Ishtar in the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq
Finds from HissarlikSome of the finds from Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead
Greece / Archae / Mycenae 75The site of Schliemanns excavations of the shaft graves at Mycenae