Excavations Collection

Sutton Hoo treasure
A double-page spread relating to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial ground discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. it was filled with many priceless treasures, a few of which are shown here

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Pompeii Excavation, 1751
Carlo III di Borbone visits the first excavations at Pompeii

Sinanthropus, perhaps the lowest man known to science: excavating Choukoutien Cave where Peking Man dwelt 100, 000 years ago, and moulding his image. Date: 1939

Schliemann at Mycenae
Schliemanns excavations at Mycenae. The famed shaft graves are pictured in the middle circle, with Schliemanns large scale excavations on the right

Hissarlik (Troy) Digging
A clear example of the excavation style of Heinrich Schliemann at Hissarlik, cutting through later occupation levels, actually missing Homerian deposits!

Roman remains found in the City, London
Discoveries form 19th century excavations at Camomile Street and Bishopsgate. The remains were unearthed after the removal of a number of old buildings

Sumerian Jewellery Bc
The jewels of a Sumerian lady of the court, discovered during the excavations at Ur - evidence that feminine adornment was customary in the worlds oldest civilisation

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

Lord Carnarvon
Photographic portrait of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), c.1922. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carters excavations in the Valley

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

New Excavations of 1899 reveal Ancient Theatre at Ephesus
Tour group examining the recent excavations of 1899, which revealed more of the Ancient Theatre at Ephesus, near modern Selcuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. Date: 1899

Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie
Max Mallowan and his wife, Agatha Christie, in 1933. Mallowan was an archaeologist who began his apprenticeship in field archaeology with Leonard Wooley at Ur

Herculaneum Excavations, Italy

Excavations at Corinth, Greece, by American School Date: 1901

Clarence Wilson and Mr R. G Duff, members of the Captain Parkers Excavating Party at Jerusalem. Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley led the Parker Expedition

Page from Britannia & Eve by Katharine Woolley reporting on the great excavations carried by her and her husband Leonard at Ur in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Date: 1929

Birthplace of the Hittite Empire
A page from the Illustrated London News, 18th December 1948: A birthplace of the Hittite Empire: the Karum of Kanes, an ancient Anatolian trade centre by Tahsim (sic)

The ship-grave of an Anglo-Saxon king found at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The traces of the ribs of the boat left in the earth can be clearly seen. Date: 1939

Excavation at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, 1939. The cavity occupied by the ship, which was 82 ft in length and 16 ft in beam. Date: 1939

Sheik Khalil Danaf of The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah), an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel

Plaque to Canadian Artillery D21 Battery, Zonnebeke
The plaque is on the outside wall of the re-built church. The battery was stationed in Zonnebeke during Third Ypres, October-November 1917

ILN cover - Golden head-dress of Queen Shub-ad
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing a photograph of a reconstruction of a 5000 year-old head dress found at Ur, Iraq, in the royal Graves at Ur excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. 1928

What the great find in Egypt may bring: a 3000-year old pharaoh " coming forth into the day" with the contemporary garlands which adorned his mummy

Reconstructing Ancient Pompeii by Fortunino Matania
In front of the magnificent temple of Apollo: a reconstruction of Pompeii before the terrible eruption of 79 A.D. A scene drawn by Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania

Earliest known carved heads in Syria, at Tell Brak
The earliest known carved heads in Syria, found at Tell Brak. This page from the Illustrated London News in May 1939, reporting on excavations at Brak

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

Pompeii as it was in Ancient Days by Matania
Life in Pompeii 2000 years ago. A new reconstruction series by Fortunino Matania, no. III. Bringing in the new wine to Pompeii after the October vintage

Pompeii as it was and is by Matania
The last election in Pompeii, 2000 years ago, before the eruption of Vesuvius, as envisaged by the Sphere special artist and expert in historical reconstruction, Fortunino Matania

Iran / Archaeology / Susa
Excavations reveal the massive column bases of the Palace of Artaxerxes ? (circa 5th century BC). Date: 1887

Iraq / Tell Afar
An engraving showing Layards camp close to Tell Afer. Recent excavations close by at Qermez Dere have revealed evidence of an early Aceramic Neolithic settlement. Date: 1849

Early Sumerian Sculpture
A double page from The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1934, entitled An Extraordinary Discovery of Early Sumerian Sculpture

Archaeological excavations at Kish, Mespotamia, Iraq
" Visible proof of the flood: the great discoveries at Kish" - a page from the Illustrated London News, featuring an article by Dr

Knossos - Crete - Large storage jars
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

Turkey Ephesus
Excavations at Ephesus, near Izmir : working on the site of the temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

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

Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), a ruined city in the south-east of Zimbabwe, near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo

Glastonbury, Somerset - Archaeological excavations - Abbey
Glastonbury, Somerset - Archaeological excavations at the Abbey complex. Date: 1936

Roman London, Temple of Mithras uncovered 1954
Sir David Eccles, Minister of Works, holding the newly-found head of Mithras, during his visit to the site at Walbrook in the City of London where the Temple of Mithras was discovered in 1954

Carthage, Tunisia - Archaeological Excavations Date: circa 1910s

Objects Found During Excavations at the Church on Mahee Island - a view of laid out objects found on a dig at Mahee. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Trinchera del Ferrocarril. The archaeological levels. Province of Burgos. Castile and Leon. Spain

Numancia. Roman ruins. Near Soria. Spain
Numancia. Ancient Celtiberian settlement. Famous in the Celtiberian Wars. Roman ruins. Near Soria. Spain

Excavations at Ostia, Rome reveal the Oil Stores - Italy
Excavations reveal large oil storage jars at Ostia (the Ancient Port of Rome), Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1909

Numancia. Ancient Celtiberian settlement. Famous in the Celtiberian Wars. Roman ruins. Near Soria. Spain

Italy. Herculaneum. House of the wooden partition wall

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

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