Excavation Collection (page 6)

Excavations at Piltdown circa 1913
Charles Dawson (left) and Dr A Smith Woodward (right)

Workers at Piltdown

Sauropod excavation, 1988
Team cleaning exposed elements of the fore and hind limbs of a Sauropod dinosaur in Niger, 1988

Baryonyx excavations
Team from the Natural History Museum, London at work on the excavation of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri at the Ockley brick pit in Surrey, England in June 1983

Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex
Palaeontologists collecting the remains of a woolly mammoth and a straight-tusked elephant from a clay pit near Aveley, Essex in 1964

Excavations at Piltdown c. 1913
Arthur Smith Woodward and the Abbe Henri Breuil at Piltdown

Sperm whale excavation, Natural History Museum, 1938
This sperm whale skull and skeleton arrived in February 1937 from Bridlington, Humberside. Published in Life Through A Lens

Searching for dinosaur fossils, Tendaguru, 1924
A team of scientists from the British Museum of Natural History travelled to Tendaguru, Tanganyika territory, Tanzania after the end of World War One in order to locate and collect dinosaur fossils

Goughs Cave excavation site
Excavations at Goughs cave, Cheddar, Somerset. The site of Goughs Cave was first discovered by R.C. Gough in 1903. It is a limestone cave on the east side of Cheddar Gorge

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

Excavating neanderthal remains
Excavation work which featured in a press conference at the Natural History Museum, London, December 1997

Still Searching At Piltdown
A general impression of the Piltdown Gravel Pit, East Sussex c. 1913, with the goose Chipper, and from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward, Charles Dawson

Baryonyx laboratory work, 1983
Palaeontologists working on the dinosaur, Baryonyx walkeri. Using a rotary diamond-edged dental saw to groove hard rock around a dinosaur vertebrae

Dinosaur excavation, Niger 1988
Hessian bandage, cut into strips and lightly coated in a thin mixture of plaster, being applied to the tissue covered bone

Baryonyx excavation, 1983
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London excavate fossils of Baryonyx walkeri from the crazy paving of blocks that hold the fossils, Surrey, England, 1983

Djebel Kafzeh, Qafzeh Cave, Israel
The cave 2.5 km south of Nazareth, Galilee where fossils of early modern Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens sapiens) were found in 1933 by R. Neuville, in 1935 by R. Neuville & M

Gibraltar excavation
Excavation of Neanderthal fireplace at Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar. (Middle Palaeolithic)

Tabun Cave, Israel
Mugharet et-Tabun, cave in the Wadi el-Mughara, southern part of the Mount Carmel range, excavation site of Homo neanderthalensis

Six million year old elephant excavated during Paleontology field work, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Excavations, Antarctica
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum engage in excavating dinosaur fossils on Vega Island, Antarctica

Excavations, Abu Dhabi
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London, excavate an fossil elephant dating back six million years during an expedition to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Excavations, Pakistan
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London engage in excavations in Pakistan in search for fossil mammals dating back one million years

6 million year old fossils
Searching for 6 million year old fossils, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Elephant rib
An elephant rib that is approximately 6 million years old. From Paleo field trip, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Excavations, Niger
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London prepare the dinosaur fossils for transportation that have just been excavated in Niger, Northwest Africa

Dinosaur vertebrae
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

380 million year old rocks
Block specimens of 380 million year old fossil bearing rocks being transported, Latvia

Shroud
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Cotton winding sheet
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Excavations, Norfolk 2006
A team of anthropologists busy working on excavations revealing ancient human occupation on the Norfolk coast, 2006. Animal remains

London Fire Brigade breakdown lorry rescuing a horse
London firefighters extricating a horse from an excavation in Portland Place, London, using a special horse sling. The Brigades breakdown lorry is lifting the horse to safety using its crane and winch

Greetings card from Egypt

Excavations of Roman Fort in City of London
The site of a Roman fort, uncovered during an archaeological dig in Falcon Street, in the City of London. The fort, which was built before the ancient city wall is pictured in the shadow of

Excavating in the bombed Cripplegate area
Mr W. F. Grimes, Keeper of the London Museum (Museum of London) assisted by a volunteer, archaeological worker, Miss Adrienne Farrell, in the excavations at Monkwell Street in the City of London

Sir John Marshall (1876 - 1958)
Sir John Marshall, Director-General of the Archaelogical Survey of India, responsible for the excavations that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro

Rudston Roman Villa mosaics during excavation 1 / 3
Rudston Roman Villa mosaics during excavation - Rudston, East Yorkshire - dated to the 4th century. The villa contained some of the best examples of Roman mosaics

Aerial view of Mari, Syria
An aerial view of the site at Mari (modern Tell Hariri) in Syria. In the foreground can be seen the city, dating from 2600 B.C. and in the background the Palace

Large Minoan Strage Jar - Pithoi
The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce

Greece - Palace of King Minos at Knossos
The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

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

West India Docks excavation
The construction of the New South Dock, at the Limehouse entrance. The warehouses to be built were intended for imported East India produce such as jute seed, saltpetre and cotton

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

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

Step Cut in the Rock - The entrance before Excavation
This photograph shows the Step Cut in the Rock which led Mr Carter to the discovery of Tutankhamuns Tomb

Excavation of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The photograph shows a group of archaeologists and Egyptian government officials at the examination of Tutankhamuns mummy

The Valley of the Kings, Thebes
Photograph of the Valley of the Kings, Thebes where the excavation of the Tomb of Tutankhamun took place

The excavation of Tutankhamun
The photograph show the second stage of entry into the sealed chamber of the only intact shrine of a pharaoh ever found

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