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Neolithic Stone Avenue - nr. Kestor Prehistoric Settlement, Dartmoor, Devon Date: circa 1910s
Kilburn White HorseView near the village of Kilburn, Yorkshire, England, with the famous chalk carving of the White Horse of Kilburn in the distance. Date: 1950s
Tholos Tomb / MycenaeSchliemann dubbed this majestic building the Treasury of Atreus but the capstone-topped ashlar corbelled masonry is actually that of a Tholos tomb
Sphere cover - Howard Carter removing treasures, TutankhamenFront cover of The Sphere with an illustration depicting Howard Carter removing treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamen at Luxor
Earliest man tracked by tooth, discovery in Pliocene strataThe earliest man tracked by a tooth: an astounding discovery of human remains in Pliocene strata. An artists vision of Hesperopithecus (the ape-man of the western world) and contemporary animals
Bust of a Roman woman. Roman art. Early Empire. Sculpture. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
Piltdown Man reconstructed, 1912Piltdown Man, as imagined by Illustrated London News special artist Amedee Forestier, soon after the discovery of the bones was made public in 1912
Stonehenge from the airAn article describing the discovery made through aerial photography of a section of the Stonehenge Avenue, 200 years after its original discovery by William Stukeley in 1723
Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of EnglandThe most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw
Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c. ). RomanAmphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology
Roman military diploma, from the emperor Gallerius Maximianus to Valerius Clemens. ITALY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology
The boy from Marathon. 325 -300 BC. Work of Praxiteles workshop. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on bronze. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. Marathon
Stanton Drew StonesStanton Drew Stone Circle, ancient standing stones in Somerset, England, said to be a wedding party, turned into stone by the Devil for dancing on the Sabbath. Date: BC
Stane Street SignpostThis signpost, near Bignor, Sussex, England, is on Stane Street and denotes the course of this Roman military road, which runs from Chichester to London. Date: 1960s
Wayland Smiths Cave, Berkshire, England. Formerly an underground chamber of some prehistoric king or priest. Wayland was a mythical smithy who made invincible swords. Date: BC
Exeter City WallA finely preserved section of the massive old Roman city wall at Southgate, Exeter, Devon, England. Date: 1st century
Archaeological Museum with sculpture, Odessa, UkraineView of the Archaeological Museum in Odessa, Ukraine, with a Laocoon sculpture in front (a copy -- the original is in the Vatican Museum, Rome). The museum was founded in 1825
Piltdown man reconstructedThe Piltdown man sketched by A. Forestier after Professor Keiths reconstruction, and an inset showing an alterative reconstruction after Dr. A. Smith Woodward
The Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, EgyptThe Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, Cairo, Egypt
THE ACROPOLIS, MYCENAEA general view of the Acropolis at Mycenae. The primary remains at the site are the walls and tombs. The Palace has been almost totally destroyed over time
Dolmen of BagneuxThe Dolmen of Bagneux, near Saumur. A massive megalith of neolithic origin, comprising of eight upright slabs in two rows, covered by three immense horizontal slabs
Schliemann at MycenaeSchliemanns excavations at Mycenae. The famed shaft graves are pictured in the middle circle, with Schliemanns large scale excavations on the right
Hissarlik (Troy) DiggingA clear example of the excavation style of Heinrich Schliemann at Hissarlik, cutting through later occupation levels, actually missing Homerian deposits!
Entrance at Troy (Ruins)An entranceway through the Cyclopean walls of Gergis, Bournabashi at Troad (Troy/Hissarlik), the site of Ancient Troy excavated by Heinrich Schliemann
Tutmania 1923A comic look at the influence of all things Egyptian, especially on female fashion, sparked by the interest in Tutankhamen & his tomb
Mexico / Xochicalcoinscribed ruins
Egypt / TutankhamenHoward Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor
The Forum of Roman LondonArtists impression of the Forum of Roman London, located in what is now the City of London. Date: 1926
ABU SIMBEL / EGYPTThe Temples of Abu Simbel viewed from the Nile. Date: 1848
Meeting of archaeological institute, WinchesterMeeting of the British Archaeological Institute, St. John s, Winchester in 1845. Date: 1845
William Henry Waddington, French statesmanWilliam Henry Waddington (1826-1894), French statesman and Prime Minister of France. He was also involved in archaeological research. Date: circa 1880
Mass of Saint Gregory. 15th c. Attributed to Juan de Nalda. Castilian Spanish-Flemish School. It comes from the Convent of Santa Clara (Palencia). Gothic art. Painting. SPAIN
Palaeanthropus of PalestineA reconstruction drawing of Palaeanthropus of Palestine based on discoveries made in the Valley of the Caves at the foot of Mount Carmel during an archaeological expedition led by Dorothy Garrod Date
Whiteleafe Cross, near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: January 1939
Dolmen of Pedracabana. Catalonia. SpainDolmen of Pedracabana. Cabo Valley. Catalonia. Spain
Pepys / Kits Cotty / VisitSAMUEL PEPYS Statesman and diarist, visiting Kits Cotty near Maidstone, Kent, on 24 March 1669: " I was mightily glad to see it." Date: 1633 - 1703
Base of a funerary kouros with six athletes. 510 -500 BC. Archaic Greek art. Relief on marble. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. Athens. Acropolis
HOMER (9th century BC). Greek writer. Roman copy from a Hellenistic Greek original. Hellenistic art.; Roman art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology
Saint Marks Square at Venice. 18th c. Anonymous. Venetian school. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Besan篮. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology
Ramesseum of Rameses II, Thebes, EgyptView of the Ramesseum, the memorial or mortuary temple of Rameses II at Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt. Date: early 20th century
Mexico / TenochtitlanA reconstruction of the Front wall and Entrance Gate of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, above which modern Mexico City now stands
Cycling Past StonehengeA man and a woman cycle past Stonehenge on a tandem bicycle
Maes-Howe (Interior)The interior of the Maes Howe chamber shortly after it was re-opened in 1861. Norsemen had already robbed the mound in the 12th century AD and left runic inscriptions
Stonehenge / StukeleyA peep into the Sanctum Sanctorum. Stukeley states When we advance.. the chasm of sky between the jambs of the cell.. and the greatness of every part, surprizes
Wroxeter (Vriconium)A surviving section of the Roman wall of Wroxeter, the largest Roman city to survive completely without any modern development. Only the Roman Baths are on public display
Hadrians Wall / WinshieldsA view of a section of Hadrians Wall at Winshields. The wall marked the northern limits of the Roman Empire, and was ordered by the Emperor on a visit to Britain in AD122
ALEXANDRIAA view of Alexandria, with Pompeys Pillar in the foreground and the remains of the Pharos Lighthouse (now used as a fort) on the left
Avebury Landscape / 1723Prospect of the Temple on Overton Hill - The Hakpen or head of the snake in the ruins. Stukeley writes: Abury..the chief patriarchal..temple of the island