Archaeology Collection (page 41)

Funerary equipment of Queen Isa-em-Kheb: a wig and hamper
A little chest of papyrus and the wig of the 21st Dynasty Princess Isa-em-Kheb, as discovered by Professor Maspero at Thebes in Upper Egypt, during his investigation in April 1881

Funerary equipment of Queen Isa-em-Kheb: a mummified gazelle
A coffin and mummy of a gazelle from the 21st Dynasty, as discovered by Professor Maspero at Thebes in Upper Egypt, during his investigation in April 1881

Petra repairs 1962, Jordan
Restorations in the desert: repair work among the monuments of Petra, Jordan. This picture shows the closing stages of repair to fallen column which is part of the facade of the Khazne(treasury)

Greek Temple of Giunone at Agrigento, Sicily
The remains of the Greek Temple of Hera Lacinia (Giunone) at Agrigento, Sicily. Agrigento is the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragras (also known as Acragas in Greek)

Greek Temple at Agrigento, Sicily
The remains of a Greek temple at Agrigento, Sicily. Agrigento is the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragras (also known as Acragas in Greek, Agrigentum in Latin and Kerkent in Arabic)

Ruins at Bergama / Pergamon
The Ruins at Pergamon or Pergamum. An ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, north western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea

Madhya Pradesh - Pillars of Victory
The Pillars of Victory, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Megalithic burial mound at Knowth
Artists impression of the Megalithic burial mound at Knowth in Ireland near Newgrange beside the River Boyne, excavated by Dr George Eogan in July 1967

The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid, part of the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep

Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a Sarcophagus
The excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia

Tunisia - Zaghouan - Roman Gate
Roman Gate at Zaghouan, Northern Tunisia

Miletus, Turkey
Ruins of the Theatre at Miletus, Turkey. Miletus was an ancient city on the western coast of Anatolia (in what is now Aydin Province), near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria

Roman Wells - Carthage, Tunisia
Roman Wells at the site of Ancient Carthage. Date: circa 1920s

Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids of Khufu and Khafre at Giza with the Sphinx in the foreground. A very early aeroplane flies above these wonders of the Ancient World

Turkey, Kayseri
Doner Kumbet - a Seljuk building, surmounted by a storks nest. Kayseri in Central Anatolia. Renowned for culinary specialities, historical monuments and the former Talas American college

Praying at a Menhir
Though priests deplore such superstitions, many peasants retain allegiance to old gods - women pray before the druidic stones at Montchauvet in the bocage of Normandie

Alignments at Carnac
The alignments of Carnac, looking east from Maenac

France Les Baux
General view of the so-called esplanade in this renowned archaeological site in Provence

Stone fragments in the bakery of an archaeological laborator

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 !

The Site of Pompeii
A view of the site of Pompeii in the 19th century, with tantalising pieces of archaeology poking through the ash, and Vesuvius smoking menacingly in the distance

Egypt / Philae / Flooded
The ruins of the Egyptian temple on Philae Island under the waters of the swollen Nile

Italy Aqueduct
Archeologists discover a species of aqueduct beneath the church of saint Priscilla, Rome

Italy Villa Found
Archeologists discover a Roman villa in the villa Prisco in Bosco Reale near Vesuvius

Italy Appian Way
The Appian Way as it is in 1880, and as it was in happier days. Date: BCE / 1880

Ruins of Persepolis
General view of the ruins of Persepolis, capital city of the ancient Persian kings, largely destroyed by Alexander of Macedon

Ruins of Akkad, Iraq
Ruins of Akkad (formerly known as Accad) in Mesopotamia

Seleucia, Ctesiphon
The ruins of the ancient cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, on either bank of the Tigris. A native is paddling his coracle on the river. Date: circa 1835

Ruins in Armenia
View of the Gumhed i Dokhter or Damsels Tower, on the banks of the Araxes [now Araks) near the ruins of Julfa in Armenia

Turkey / Beles Ruins
Ruins of Beles

Syria / Ar Raqqah
Ruins of Ar Raqqah (or Rakka) formerly home of Harun ar Rashid and other Abbasid caliphs

Palmyra Ruins
The ruins of the ancient city of Tadmor, or Palmyra, said to have been built by Solomon

Palmyra Reconstructed
Reconstruction of the ancient city of Tadmor, or Palmyra, said to have been built by Solomon, though the architect- -ural styles are more remini- -cent of renaissance Italy

Great Zimbabwe / Ruins
The majestic remains of a once thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe

Tunisia / Carthage / Excav
Treasure-hunting excavations at the site of Ancient Carthage

Mayan Manuscript
A reproduction of a Mayan manuscript held at the Landesbibliothek in Dresden. Date: 8th or 9th century AD

USA / Pictured Rocks
A small boat enters a cavern in the Pictured Rocks on the edge of Lake Superior

Chichen Itza / Chaacmol
At Chichen Itza (site on the Yucatan Peninsula) Archaeologist August Le Plongeon and his wife pose with a colossal statue of Chaacmol, leader of the Itzaes

Chichen Itza / Jaguar
Auguste Le Plongeon squats alongside a statue of a jaguar with a human head found in the tomb of Chaacmol at Chichen Itza

Algeria / Timgad
Timgad was constructed as a bastion against the Berbers in the Aures Mountains by Emperor Trajan in AD100. The town was laid out in the classic Roman plan and is superbly preserved

Chichen Itza / Bird Relief
A bas-relief of a bird from the tomb of Chaacmol, excavated by Auguste Le Plongeon at Chichen Itza

Sphinx / Egypt / Early C20Th
A view of the Sphinx, with the pyramids of Giza in the background

Mexico / Archaeology
The PYRAMID OF TENAYUCA near Mexico-city. This pyramid was built in the 13th century by the Chichimecs and remains in excellent condition

Polonnaruwa / Buddha
GAL VIHARA near POLONNARUWA, in Sri Lanka. A sculpture of Buddha reclining next to the Venerable Ananda, one of his disciples

Mexico / Yucatan / Labna
The ARCHWAY of the ancient city of Labna, Yucatan with the MIRADOR standing on the ruins of a pyramid in the background. The city was built in the 9th/10th century

Polonnaruwa / Buddhism
A guardian at the steps of the VATA DAGA in the quadrangle of Polonnaruwa, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century

Uxmal / Temple Magician
the TEMPLE OF THE MAGICIAN in the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, Yucatan. This pyramid was built around the 10th century at the end of the Classical Maya period

Babylon / Excavations
Excavations behing the gate of Ishtar in the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq

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