Excavated Collection

Mycenae - the Lion Gate
The Lion Gate at Mycenae. This early citadel was extensively excavated in the mid 19th century by Schliemann, who dug the Royal shaft graves, finding many treasures

Petrie at Daphne
The Pharoahs Palace at Daphne being excavated by renowned archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) who devoted his life to studying Egyptian culture

Gokstad Ship, 1880
A Norwegian Viking ship excavated at Gokstad

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

Maiden Castle Hillfort
At 1, 800 ft long, Maiden Castle is one of the largest and most completely excavated Hillforts in Britain

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866 - 1923) - excavated tomb of Tutankhamen (1922) with Howard Carter, died from a mosquito bite. Date: 1923

Panorama of the excavated Roman town of Pompeii with the peak of Mount Vesuvius behind (whose eruption caused the town's demise in 79AD). Date: circa 1910s

Roman tools and household utensils
Copper pot and household utensils excavated at Herculaneum 1, metal ladle and bowl found at Palestrina 2, and terracotta tools excavated in a vineyard near the tomb of Caecilia Metella 3

The Ravens, the Sexton and the Earth-Worm. A gravedigger stands with a shovel next to a tomb with a stone effigy in a churchyard. A skull and worm in the excavated earth

Spain, Galicia, Ribadavia. Early Middle Ages Necropolis
Spain, Galicia, Ourense province, Ribadavia. Early Middle Ages Necropolis (8th-9th centuries). Anthropomorphic tombs, with horseshoe heads, dug in stone inside the Sarmiento Castle enclosure

Late Neolithic Statuettes from Hacilar in north-western Anatolia, excavated during the 1960 season by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Date: 1961

Casa dei Vetti (House of the Vettii), Pompeii, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Excavated Street In Pompeii, Italy

The Ruins of Delphi, Greece, excavated 1896-1900 Date: 1901

Dr Schliemanns Trojan antiquities on view, London 1877
The antiquities found at Hissarlik (Hisarlik, modern Turkey), on the plains of Troy, by Heinrich Schliemann during his remarkable excavations

Construction of underground railway King William Street 1888
Driving the tunnels of the London and Southwark sub-railway passing under the River Thames. 1888

General view of the Foro Civile, Pompeii, Italy
General view of the Foro Civile (public forum), Pompeii, Italy, with Mount Vesuvius in the distance. Date: circa 1900

Aerial view of the excavated ruins of Pompeii, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Excavating tube railway 1903
Under construction, workers in the shield, Great Northern and City Railway. 1903

Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames 1869
Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames, advance shield. Date: 1869

ENGLAND / ARCHAEOLOGY
At 1, 800 ft long, Maiden Castle is one of the largest and most completely excavated Hillforts in Britain. Date: circa 1890

Boring machine used in the Hoosac tunnel 1869
Workers using a primitive boring machine to make the tunnel, lying between Switzerland and Italy, being thirty-six miles long and about twenty-five feet broad

Excavated objects at Palace of the Youssoupof, Moscow
Delegates of the Soviet government carrying out an inventory on the collection of precious objects unearthed at the Palace of the Youssoupof (which housed a military history museum)

India, Bihar, Vikramshila: Excavated foundations of the University bldgs.(8th century AD). Date: 2011

Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice
Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30, 000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches

Ruins of Troy - Hissarlik, Turkey
The visible ruins at the site of Hissarlik, excavated by German Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann

Hissarlik (Troy)
A view toward the Plateau of Ilium Novum and the site of Hissarlik, where Heinrich Schliemann excavated remains that he claimed were the foundations of Homers Troy

Pompeii Bath / Tepidarium
A view of the excavated Tepidarium (warm room) from the Forum baths at Pompeii, which boasts elaborate wall paintings and relief work at the top of the walls

Leicesters Roman forum reconstructed
Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell of the city of Leicesters Roman forum in Roman times

Leicesters Roman remains excavated, 1936
Drawing by Alan Sorrell of excavations in progress in the city of Leicester in 1936 led by Kathleen Kenyon

Roman Ruins - Site of Ancient Carthage, Tunisia. Date: circa 1901

Stone Implements from the Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum - a view of various stone implements excavated at Dundrum. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Ancient Sundial, Mahee Island - a view of a fragment of an old stone sundial, excavated 1922. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Slab With Runes and Irish, Mahee Island - a view of a fragment of inscribed stone, excavated 1922. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Celtic Cross, Mahee Island - a view of an inscribed stone with a Celtic cross (excavated 1922). (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Turkey. Cappadocia. Valley of Uchisar. Cave house. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Guzelyurt. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Ortahisar with castle. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Gokcetoprak. View of the entrance of the cave church of the village. Cappadocia

Turkey. G??reme Valley. Cappadocia. Landscape. Central Antatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Pasabaglari. Monks Valley. Fairy chimney. Detail. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Goreme National Park. Troglodyte church. Central Antatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. The town Uchisar. Cave house. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Ortahisar with castle. Central Anatolia

Turkey. Cappadocia. Uchisar. Cave house. Central Anatolia

Prehistoric Houses
Pre-historic dwellings at Sumburgh, Shetland. These buildings were excavated by H. M. Office of Works and were communal villages of the past, partly built underground Date: March 1939

Pompeii - Two Sides
Pompeii - looking across the town, with the uncovered and un-excavated areas clearly demarcated by a change in land level. Date: 1910

Botha at Khorsabad
The site of Dur-Sharrukin (now caled Khorsabad) was excavated by Paul Emile Botta and Victor Place in the 19th century. The city was founded by Sargon the King of Assyria in 717 BC. Date: 1846

Puabis Diadem and Headdress from the Royla Graves at Ur, Iraq - excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. Date: 1928

A curious bed scene excavated in Resina.. A curious bed scene excavated in Resina

Fake rodent skeleton
Sent to the Museum by amateur palaeontologist Reverend C Green in 1843. The skeleton had not been dug out of the ground whole and bones belonged to different individuals

MALTA. Rabat. Catacombs of Saint Paul. Saint

Excavated church in the caverns at Inkermann, looking west. Interior view of cavern showing remains of church and two soldiers firing over stone wall at entrance. Date 1855 May 22nd

Jordan / Petra Selah Ruins
Petra: ruins of Selah, a temple excavated out of the rock Date: 1834

Pompeii / Stabian Baths
Pompeii - The Stabian Baths. Date: 1910

Tiryns - The Gallery
Minoan Hillfort complex of Tiryns

Trier, Germany - Remains of the Roman Baths

Excavated Roman buildings, Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy
View of some excavated Roman buildings on the Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy

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

A troglodyte village mof troops in the field: French soldiers in their shelter trenches excavated in the side of a hill

Tresures from Ur
A restoration of a royal lyre from Ur, decorated with a gold head of a beared bull. Excavated by Leonard Wooley at Ur

Trench through a wrecked house
A trench, occupied by French soldiers, excavated through a wrecked house at Neuville-Saint-Vst

Excavated houses unearthed at Herculaneum
An ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D

Aerial Photograph of Ur
Air photography revealing the city of Ur. The capital city of Mesopotamia, established around 2100 B.C was most famously excavated by Mr Leonard Wooley

Hypocaust at Lincoln
An excavated hypocaust discovered at Lincoln

Greece Eleusis
Ruins at Eleusis, site associated with the mysteries, excavated by a French government-sponsored expedition

Gold at Monte Rosa 4
Miners bring the excavated ore to the refinery for crushing and extraction

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

IRAQ / UR
Excavated residential housewalls and part of the reconstructed Ziggurat

Caverns at Inkermann
Excavated church in the caverns at Inkerman (looking West)

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Babylon Tourist 1971
Babylon: a tourist admiring some excavated walls behind the Ishtar Gateway

Ruins of Pompeii
The Forum and Basilica in Pompeii

Housesteads Milecastle
The milecastle at Housesteads, directly on Hadrians Wall. The milecastle housed up to eight soldiers, and acted as a guard post for the Roman frontier

Hypocaust at Chesters
A hypocaust excavated at the Roman fort of Chesters, situated on Hadrians Wall at the point where it crossed the River North Tyne

West Gate at Housesteads
The Western Gate of Housesteads Fort (Borcovius). This substantially excavated fort is on a dramatic stretch of the wall perched atop limestone crags

Herculaneum Excavation
A tunnel leading to the excavated remains of Herculaneum, buried in AD79 by the pyroclastic flow from the erupting Mount Vesuvius

Reconstruction / Mycenae
An artists reconstruction of Mycenae (excavated by Schliemann in the 19th century)

Hissalik Post-Excavation
The site at Hissarlik, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann and identified as ancient Troy. Schliemanns massive slice through the deposits can be clearly seen

Site of Troy / Early C19Th
A view of the site of ancient Troy at Hissarlik in Turkey. The site was excavated by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who found gold items and large city walls

Lord Carnarvon (Ilz)
GEORGE EDWARD STANHOPE MOLYNEUX HERBERT 5th Earl of Carnarvon; excavated tomb of Tutankhamen (1922) with Howard Carter; died from a mosquito bite

Lord Carnarvon (Graphic)
GEORGE EDWARD STANHOPE MOLYNEUX HERBERT 5th Earl of Carnarvon; excavated tomb of Tutankhamen (1922) with Howard Carter; died from a mosquito bite

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