Excavation Collection (page 3)

Carthage, Tunisia - Excavation of the Roman Theatre Date: circa 1910s

Italy. Herculaneum. House next to the Forum. Ruins

Italy. Herculaneum. The House of the Stags. 1st AD. Entrance

Italy. Herculaneum. The House of the Stags. 1st AD. Rooms

Italy. Herculaneum. The House of the Stags. 1st AD. Small table in the garden

Italy. Herculaneum. Thermopolium. Commercial establishment (restaurant). Both hot and cold food and drink were stored in the jars in the counter

Italy. Herculaneum. Cardo V

Italy. Herculaneum. The House of the Stags. 1st AD. Room
Italy. Herculaneum. The House of the Stags. 1st AD. Inside. Room

Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English archaeologist. Know
Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat

Spain. Early Iron Age (500-38 BC). Grey Ceramic jar. Cervera
Spain. Age of Metals. Early Iron Age (500-38 BC). Grey Ceramic jar with a layer of black color. From the excavations near the Romanesque church of Saint Pere Gros (Catalonia). Regional Museum. Cervera

Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama
History. Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama. Deutsches Museum(Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Germany. Munich. Deutches Museum. Gallery of mine. Reproduction. Child walking inside

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard
History. Mining. coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation by minecart. 19th century. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Room work in a potash mine. 1925
History. Mining. Room work in a potash mine. 1925. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Spain. Citadel of Roses (Rhode). Roman ruins
Spain. Citadel of Roses (Rhode). Excavations of a urban nucleus of the Low Roman Empire. 3rd-2nd centuries BC

Prehistory. Paleolithic. Spain. Archaeologcal site of Atapuerca. Railway Trench. It provides the oldest hominid fossils found so far on the Iberian Peninsula

Gothic Art. Ceramic. Manises-paterna. Fragment. 14th - 15th C
Gothic Art. Ceramic. Manises-paterna. Fragment of pot decorated with granades and birds. Function: planting basil. 14th - 15th Century. Excavation of Castell Formos. Museo Comarcal de Osona

Excavating Nonsuch 1959
Excavation work at Nonsuch Palace, Surrey. In 1959 no visible trace of the building existed. Excavations revealed foundations and many relics of Henry VIIIs fantastic palace. Date: 1959

Austrian dowser
In Austria, dowser Levin uses his skills to locate gold and other Roman relics. Date: 1929

Persepolis - the Ruins
A fairly romanticised view of the ruins of Persepolis, prior to excavation, most of which was carried out by the Institute of Chicago in the 1930s. Date: 1823

Archaeological Discoveries at Kish - Cylinder seals, stone bowls, the deep excavation trench a copper rein-guide, jewellery and a whole four-wheeled chariot. Date: 1928

Sumerian Sculpture About 3000 B. C
A page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934 issue, with an article by Dr Henry Frankfort, Director of the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Temple of Mithras, Walbrook
A view from above of the site of the Roman Mithraic Temple uncovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during excavations before the construction of a new office building

Caves in Mt St Peter, Mstricht
Caves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht.. Caves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht. View of the interior gallery, and men excavating a fossil head of a crocodile-like mosasaur, Mosasaurus hoffmani

Cambodia - Angkor Wat

Menorca, Torralba d en Salort: Megalithic Stone Circle
SPAIN, Balearic Islds. Menorca, Torralba d en Salort: Prehistoric excavation, megalith circle Date: 2013

Menorca, Torralba d en Salort - Megalithic excavation
SPAIN, Balearic Islds. Menorca, Torralba d en Salort: Megalithic excavation Date: 2013

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

The Holiday Monighan Dragline by Heath Robinson
A dragline machine usually used in excavation, converted into a pleasant holiday home with room for a swing, a washing line and a diving board

The Corner Grab Crane by Heath Robinson
The Corner Grab Crane for working round corners - a valuable suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson now under consideration by Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd

The Multiplex Dragline by Heath Robinson
The multiplex dragline for dragging winding streams - another suggestion by Mr W. Heath Robinson. A complicated excavation machine enabling the operator to drag in curving lines. Date: c.1938

Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more bone
Seeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first

Kimberley Mine - diamond excavation
Diamond excavation machinery, and miners at the Kimberley Mine in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Date: 1883

Excavation for Aswan Dam, Egypt
Excavation in progress for the Niles Aswan Dam in the Bab-El-Kibir region of Egypt. Date: 1902

Excavation along line of Aswan Dam, Egypt
A photograph of excavation along the line of the Niles Aswan Dam in eastern Egypt. Date: 1902

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Latest Type of Grab Crane
The latest type of grab crane clearing out a small pond on Hampstead Heath. A typically rickety and convoluted crane goes through the ridiculous process of clearing out a tiny pond on Hampstead

The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag Sho
A new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the Thames
An improved dragline clearing out the bottom of the upper reaches of the River Thames. A typically rickety and overly complicated piece of machinery by the gadget king, William Heath Robinson

Building the Aswan Dam
Excavation at the Western Channel of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Pompeii - Italy - Casa dei nuovi Scavi. Date: circa 1910s

Boxgrove excavation site
A view of the archaeological excavation site at Boxgrove, West Sussex, UK. The site yielded a very significant fossil find, a tibia and incisors believe to have belonged to a 500

The Piltdown man excavation site
Excavation at Piltdown c. 1913 with Cyril Woodward showing scale

Baryonyx fossil remains
Plan of the crazy paving of blocks containing Baryonyx bones at the brick pit excavation site at Ockley, Surrey, UK. This was excavated in 1983 where a Baryonyx specimen was discovered

Sauropod excavation, 1982

Searching for the Piltdown Man

Crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields
Picture taken during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Dinosaur egg excavation, 1925
George Olsen showing his find of dinosaur eggs to Roy Chapman Andrews during the 1925 expedition to Mongolia by the American Museum of Natural History

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