Archaeologists Collection

Burial containers, Xieng Khouang, Laos
Burial containers in the Plain of Jars at Xieng Khouang, Phonsavan, Laos. Thousands of these stone jars lie scattered throughout the Xieng Khouang plain in the Lao Highlands -- archaeologists believe

Page from Britannia & Eve by Katharine Woolley reporting on the great excavations carried by her and her husband Leonard at Ur in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Date: 1929

Mosaic pavement at Bucklersbury, London 1869
Discovery of a mosaic pavement in Bucklersbury. Date: 1869

Unearthing the ship-grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior king at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. The excavations reveal the outlines of a 6th century sea-going craft

Leicesters Roman remains excavated, 1936
Drawing by Alan Sorrell of excavations in progress in the city of Leicester in 1936 led by Kathleen Kenyon. The excavated Roman remains were initially thought by Kenyon to be a Roman forum

Young Archaeologists
Archaeology students on a dig at the site of a Roman amphitheatre at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Stonehenge at sunrise on 21 June
View of Stonehenge at sunrise on 21 June -- the sun strikes the Altar Stone, providing archaeologists with a means of dating the construction. Date: 1901

BREUIL, Henri (1877-1961). French abbot. Archaeologist
Henri Breuil (1877-1961), often referred to as Abbe Breuil. French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Portrait

SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890). German archaeologist. Discoverer of the ruins of Troy. Engraving

Excavating in the bombed Cripplegate area
Mr 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

Aerial view of Mari, Syria
An aerial view of the site at Mari (modern Tell Hariri) in Syria. In the foreground can be seen the city, dating from 2600 B.C. and in the background the Palace

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

Excavation of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The photograph shows a group of archaeologists and Egyptian government officials at the examination of Tutankhamuns mummy

Early Stonehenge Drawing
A wonderful early drawing of Stonehenge, not too over-elaborate in detail, and showing some early 17th century archaeologists and the bones that are digged up !

Old School Archaeologist
Two Archaeologists/Antiquarians examine an ancient artefact

Le Plongeon / Auguste&alic
AUGUSTE & ALICE LE PLONGEON Archaeologists in Mexico

Schliemann in London
Heinrich Schliemann gives an account of his discoveries at Mycenae before the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington House

Archaeology / Chester
An archaeological dig on a Roman site at Chester, England

Egypt / Archae / Tomb Robbed
When archaeologists discover a tomb, only too often they find that grave-robbers have got there before them and taken most of the treasures

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