Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century colored engraving
Parthenon. Athens. GreeceGreece. Athens. Parthenon. 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates. Acropolis
Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis. Parthenon. Attica. Central Greece
Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis at night. Attica. Central Greece
Ostia Antica. Theater. Italy
Henry Rawlinson / Anonsir HENRY CRESWICKE RAWLINSON archeologist, specialist in Assyrian archeology
Archaeological dig, Wartnaby, Leicestershire
Archaeological dig in Swanscombe, Kent
Small amphoras. 16th-18th centuries. Maria Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain (From the Archaeological Museum of A Coruna)
Archaeological Museum of Cambre. Roman Villa of CambreSpain, Galicia, La Coruna province. Archaeological Museum of Cambre. Roman Villa of Cambre. Dated between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD. View of the archaeological remains. Date: 2021
Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbricesRoman Villa of Cambre. 2nd-4th centuries AD. Typical Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbrices. Archaeological Museum of Cambre. Province of La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2021
Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogensBird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone
Tripod vessel. Ceramic. Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan culture. Phase II-III (400-700 AD). Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Celtiberian site of San Miguel. Iron Age II. 6th-3rd centuries BC. Partial view of the ruins. Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain. Date: 2014
Spain, Catalonia, Ullastret. Iberian settlementSpain, Catalonia, Girona province, Ullastret. Iberian settlement of Puig de Sant Andreu. Acropolis. Ruins of a temple, dated to the 4th century BC. Date: 2014
Spain, Catalonia, Girona province, Empuries. Greek Neapolis. Remains of the Acropolis. Date: 2014
Syria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Remains of the necropolisSyria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Ancient city founded ca. 473 AD and abandoned in 7th century AD. Remains of the necropolis. (Photo taken before the Syrian civil war). Date: 2011
Iberian art. Vessel with decanter beak. 3rd century BC. From Moli de l'Espigol site (Municipality of Tornabous). Catalonia. Spain. From Moli de l'Espigol site (Municipality of Tornabous)
Iberian Kernos. 3rd century BCIberian Kernos, c. 200 BC. Triangular-shaped ceramic composed of three small piriform, with a wide bulb and narrow neck, goblets on a rounded base to which they are fused with three brackets
Turkey. Ephesus city. Pillar with Greek inscription, near the Library of Celsus. Edict of governors Eutropius (c. 371-372) and Festus (372-378)
Italy, Pompeii. Forum Baths. 1st century BC. Interior of the Tepidarium (medium temperature baths), decorated with stuccoes in the vault. The niches are decorated with male figures (telamones)
Castro of Barona. Iron Age Settlement, 1st century BC-1st century AD. Galicia, province of La Coruna, Spain. Date: 2014
Syria. Rueiha. Dead Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman EmpireSyria. Rueiha. Dead Cities or Forgotten Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman Empire to Byzantine Christianity. 1st to 7th century, abandoned between 8th-10th centuries. Unesco World Heritage Site
Spain. Aragon. Fabara. Roman mausoleum of Lucius Emilio LupuRoman mausoleum of Lucius Emilio Lupus. 2nd century AC. Main facade with four columns. Fabara. Aragon. Spain
Byzantine Art. Syria. Al Bara (al-kafr). Dead Towns. Decorative detail in the Mausoleum-Pyramid. Western Asia
5th Century AD Al Bara Al-Kafr Archaeological5th, Century, AD, Al, Bara, Al-Kafr, archaeological, park, archeology, Architecture, arqueological, sites, Art, Asia, building, byzantine, Byzantine, Empire, Byzantium, christian, christianity, Dead
Byzantine Art. Syria. Basilica of St. Simeon (476-491). Around Aleppo. Arquitectural detail. Western Asia
Byzantine Art. Serjilla. Chi Rho. Syria. Western AsiaByzantine Art. Serjilla. Relief of Chi Rho. Syria. Western Asia
Byzantine Art. Syria. Rueiha. Dead towns. Arc detail. Middle East. Asia
5th Century BC 6th Achaemenid Dynasty Empire5th, century, BC, 6th, Achaemenid, Dynasty, Empire, ancient, age, Archaeological, Site, Archaeology, archeological, site, archeology, Architecture, Art, carved, Cross, Darius, I, the, Great, II
Syria. Palmyra. Funerary tower in the Valley of the TombsRoman Art. Syria. Palmyra. Funerary tower in the Valley of the Tombs. C. 1st century. Oasis of Tadmor
Roman Mausoleum of Fabara (2nd century A. C. )Roman Mausoleum of Fabara, dedicated to Lucius Emilio Lupo. 2nd century A.C. Aragon. Spain
The Temple of Saturn Roman Forum, Rome, ItalyVintage 19th century photograph: The Temple of Saturn was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill at the western end of the Roman Forum
Reconstruction of Mesolithic site of Star Carr, YorkshireYorkshiremen of ten thousand years ago: a reconstruction of life on the middle Stone Age lakeside site of Star Carr, near Scarborough, showing typical artefacts and activities
Lamassu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-SharrAssyrian Art. Lamassu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. Louvre Museum. Paris. France
Greek Theatre at Taormina, SicilyVintage 19th century photograph - Greek Theatre at Taormina, Sicily. Taormina is a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily. It sits near Mount Etna
Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramid at Gizeh and the SphinxVintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: the great pyramid at Gizeh and the Sphinx
Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: Dahshur Dashoor PyramidsVintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: Dahshur Dashoor Pyramids
Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Sakkarah, SaqqaraVintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Sakkarah, Saqqara, step pyramid
Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of GizehVintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Gizeh
Pompeys Pillar, Roman triumphal column Alexandria, EgyptVintage 19th century photograph: Pompeys Pillar is the name given to a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt. Set up in honour of the augustus Diocletian between 298-302 AD
Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus, Athens, Greece19th century vintage photograph - Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus [Olympieion, ] Athens, Greece, c.1880
Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt, c. 1890 sVintage 19th century photograph: Egypt c.1880s - pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt, c.1890 s, Lekegian studio
Sphinx and great pyramid, Cairo EgyptVintage 19th century photograph - camel train in front of the Sphinx and great pyramid, Cairo Egypt
Central chamber of Baths of Caracalla, Rome, ItalyCentral chamber of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy. Vintage 19th century photograph
Henri Breuil (1877-1961), often referred to as Abbe Breuil. French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Portrait
Italy. Rome. Circular Temple of Hercules VictorItaly. Rome. The circular temple of Hercules Victor. Built in the 2nd century B.C.. Forum Boarium
Statue of Dionysus, god of wineGREEK ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Statue of Dionysus, god of wine. Found during the excavations of Ninfeo of Butrint in 1929. S. II a.C. Ruins of Butrint Museum