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

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

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. Schliemann discovered what he thought were the Homerian levels in a massive trench excavation

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

Gokstad Ship, 1880
A Norwegian Viking ship excavated at Gokstad

Leicesters Roman forum reconstructed
Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell of the city of Leicesters Roman forum in Roman times. The Roman remains excavated by Kathleen Kenyon in 1936, beside the Roman-era Jewry Wall in Leicester

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

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. A young man lies on a bed drinking wine from a horn or Rhyton, a woman wears a fine peplos dress

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

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