Archeological Collection (#5)

February, represented as a woman symbolic of the onset of rain
3480484 February, represented as a woman symbolic of the onset of rain; (add.info.: February, represented as a woman symbolic of the onset of rain)

The upper part of the tomb in a pyramid shape
3507713 The upper part of the tomb in a pyramid shape; (add.info.: The upper part of the tomb in a pyramid shape. Egyptian Tu-pa-ai 18th dynasty 1700-1900BC.); Universal History Archive

Head of Brahma, from the gate of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th century, sandstone
930459 Head of Brahma, from the gate of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th century, sandstone, national museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Head of lion, unknown provenance, angkorian period, Bayon style, 12th century, sandstone, national museum, Phnom Penh
930465 Head of lion, unknown provenance, angkorian period, Bayon style, 12th century, sandstone, national museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Head of Yaksa, from Banteay Chhmar, Thmar Puok, Banteay Meanchey, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th century
930460 Head of Yaksa, from Banteay Chhmar, Thmar Puok, Banteay Meanchey, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th century, sandstone, national museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Brahmanist boundary post, unknown provenance, angkorian period, Angkor wat style, probably 12th century, sandstone
930456 Brahmanist boundary post, unknown provenance, angkorian period, Angkor wat style, probably 12th century, sandstone, national museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Archaeologists getting out of the tomb of Toutankhamon (-1345 / -1327), Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
1761649 Archaeologists getting out of the tomb of Toutankhamon (-1345 / -1327), Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.; (add.info)

Large Plan of Bucklersbury Pavement (colour litho)
8629668 Large Plan of Bucklersbury Pavement (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Large Plan of Bucklersbury Pavement)

Bastion, 19, Site of Christ's Hospital, now the General Post Office (b/w photo)
8629660 Bastion, 19, Site of Christ's Hospital, now the General Post Office (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bastion, 19)

Sewer in Little Knightrider Street (litho)
8629648 Sewer in Little Knightrider Street (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sewer in Little Knightrider Street)

Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving)
8676894 Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire)

Plan of the site of the Roman amphitheatre, Chichester, Sussex (litho)
8676009 Plan of the site of the Roman amphitheatre, Chichester, Sussex (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the site of the Roman amphitheatre)

Woman of the lacustrine village of Auvernier, Switzerland (engraving)
8672980 Woman of the lacustrine village of Auvernier, Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Etruscan household objects (engraving)
8635814 Etruscan household objects (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Etruscan household objects. Illustration from Rom)

Funerary triclinium, Pompeii (engraving)
8635768 Funerary triclinium, Pompeii (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Funerary triclinium, Pompeii. Illustration from Rom)

Entrance to the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (engraving)
8635000 Entrance to the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance to the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece)

Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving)
8676848 Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman bronze statue excavated at Wroxeter, Shropshire)

Roman town of Aventicum, Switzerland (engraving)
8672977 Roman town of Aventicum, Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Roman town of Aventicum, Switzerland)

The hydrography of Sicily, Malta and the adjacent islands; surveyed in 1814, 1815, and 1816, 1823 (print)
7342738 The hydrography of Sicily, Malta and the adjacent islands; surveyed in 1814, 1815, and 1816, 1823 (print) by Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865); National Maritime Museum, London

Statue base of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad. foot. Sculpture circa 2250 BC Brought to Susa as war booty around 1250 BC
BEN5474070 Statue base of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad. foot. Sculpture circa 2250 BC Brought to Susa as war booty around 1250 BC. Mesopotamia. Dim: 0.470x0.640 m

Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great
7125184 Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, published 1882; (add.info.: Pozzuoli); Photo © Ken Welsh

Impression from cylinder seal with milking scene
6379535 Impression from cylinder seal with milking scene; 6 x 16.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; © Ashmolean Museum ; Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century
7264829 The temple of Diana, Evora, Portugal. 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: The Corinthian Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Venus of Sireuil, 35000-8000 BC (sculpture)
8822165 Venus of Sireuil, 35000-8000 BC (sculpture) by Prehistoric; Musee d'Archeologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Vase of Francois, crater, 570 BC
AIS5389328 Vase of Francois, crater, 570 BC.; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Vase of Francois. Crater made by Ergotimos and Clitias)

Ceramic vase, 4th century
AIS5388691 Ceramic vase, 4th century; Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Greek art: vase with a young man and a woman sitting)

Dionysian procession. Ancient crater with black figures. 440 -430 BC
AIS5389309 Dionysian procession. Ancient crater with black figures. 440 -430 BC.; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Taranto, Apuglia, Italy

Roman art: woman's face. Bronze sculpture from the Escala Empuries, Spain. 1st century (bronze)
AIS5342604 Roman art: woman's face. Bronze sculpture from the Escala Empuries, Spain. 1st century (bronze); Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Barcelona)

Roman Art: The Foot of the Colossal Statue of Emperor Constantine (274-306) (photo)
AIS5342087 Roman Art: The Foot of the Colossal Statue of Emperor Constantine (274-306) (photo); Pinacoteca Capitolina, Palazzo Conservatori, Rome, Italy; © Iberfoto

Egyptian antiquity: representation of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) as the god Shed (?). Bas relief
BEN5475204 Egyptian antiquity: representation of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) as the god Shed (?). Bas relief. Paris, Louvre Museum; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Punish sculpture. Carthaginian mask, 5th-7th century BC (terracotta)
UIG5416318 Punish sculpture. Carthaginian mask, 5th-7th century BC (terracotta); (add.info.: Dated around 5th to 7th centuries BC. From Necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain)

Greek Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (marble)
UIG5415971 Greek Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (marble); (add.info.: Inspired by the arts, they were nine sisters)

Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock, 4th century (mosaic)
BEN5482147 Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock, 4th century (mosaic); (add.info.: Church of the Multiplication of Breads, Tabgha Galilee Israel 1970s (Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock)

Le Nicham (Nichan Iftikhar, Tunisian Medal). Advertising for chocolate colt, 1910 (chromo)
JAB4121791 Le Nicham (Nichan Iftikhar, Tunisian Medal). Advertising for chocolate colt, 1910 (chromo); (add.info.: Le Nicham (Nichan Iftikhar, Tunisian Medal)

Egypt, Cairo: a European poses in front of the Sphinx and the Pyramid in the background, 1890
LUX4788663 Egypt, Cairo: a European poses in front of the Sphinx and the Pyramid in the background, 1890; (add.info.: Egypt)

Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse
7287250 Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Artemis restored as a Muse. 2nd century AD)

Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon
7287247 Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Hekataion. Goddess of the Moon and the underworld and depicted with three bodies)

Persian Warrior
7287229 Persian Warrior; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Persian Warrior. Roman relief from the time of Hadrian of an original dated 160 - 150 AD)

Double Herm with heads of Silenus
7287207 Double Herm with heads of Silenus.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Double Herm with heads of Silenus. Last quater of the 1st century AD)

Egypt, Cairo: Cook Cruise, Pyramid of Kheops (Cheops, Keops, Khufu, Khufu) to Guizeh (Guiseh, Giza)
LUX4778069 Egypt, Cairo: Cook Cruise, Pyramid of Kheops (Cheops, Keops, Khufu, Khufu) to Guizeh (Guiseh, Giza, Giza) and the sphinx, tourists pose at the level of the undegagee legs of the sphinx

Mediterranean Sea. Sphinx of Giza
3569003 Mediterranean Sea. Sphinx of Giza; (add.info.: Giza, Egypt 1850 Date of Artwork: 2630-2510 a. C. Photographer: Du Champ, Maxime); Alinari Archives, Florence

The Sphynx of Chefren with the Pyramids of Chefren and Cheops at its sides
3566929 The Sphynx of Chefren with the Pyramids of Chefren and Cheops at its sides. Three men on camels are stopped in front of the monument; (add.info.: Necropolis of Giza, Egypt 1880 - 1890 ca)

Leda, with the lacedaemonian girls, being about to take a bath in the Eurotas river (detail) (mosaic)
FBU4242767 Leda, with the lacedaemonian girls, being about to take a bath in the Eurotas river (detail) (mosaic); (add.info.: Detail of the Panel showing Leda, queen of Sparta)

Leda, with the lacedaemonian girls, being about to take a bath in the Eurotas river (detail) (mosaic)
FBU4242763 Leda, with the lacedaemonian girls, being about to take a bath in the Eurotas river (detail) (mosaic); (add.info.: Panel showing Leda, queen of Sparta)

Crater in chalice with red figures, illustrating the struggle of Cadmos (ceramic)
YOU4419866 Crater in chalice with red figures, illustrating the struggle of Cadmos (ceramic); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Crater in chalice with red figures)

Town Wall, 9, Jewry Street and Crutched Friars (b/w photo)
8629661 Town Wall, 9, Jewry Street and Crutched Friars (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Town Wall, 9, Jewry Street and Crutched Friars)

Elevation of wall, W of All Hallows Church (litho)
8629657 Elevation of wall, W of All Hallows Church (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elevation of wall, W of All Hallows Church)

Town Wall, 37, Newgate Prison Site (b/w photo)
8629656 Town Wall, 37, Newgate Prison Site (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Town Wall, 37, Newgate Prison Site)

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of the Past: A Journey through Archeological Wonders" Step into a world frozen in time as we explore the captivating realm of archeology. From the Stone-age cave paintings in Chauvet, France to the ancient ruins of Knossos in Greece, these remarkable sites offer us glimpses into civilizations long gone. In Chauvet, France, hidden deep within limestone caves, lies an extraordinary treasure trove. The Stone-age cave paintings transport us back thousands of years, showcasing primitive artistry and revealing insights into our ancestors' lives. These vivid depictions serve as a testament to humanity's innate desire for self-expression. Venturing further south to Crete, Greece unveils another archeological marvel - Knossos. This sprawling site unravels the enigmatic Minoan civilization with its labyrinthine palace complex and intricate frescoes adorning its walls. Walking amidst these ancient ruins is like stepping into a forgotten era where myths and legends intertwine with reality. Across oceans and continents stands Machu Picchu - "The lost city of the Inca. " Perched high atop mist-covered mountains in Peru, this awe-inspiring citadel remains shrouded in mystery even today. Its stone terraces harmoniously blend with nature's grandeur while whispering tales of an advanced civilization that once thrived here. Closer to home lies Avebury in Wiltshire; its reconstructed stone circles stand as silent guardians from prehistoric times. These colossal monuments continue to puzzle researchers who seek answers about their purpose and significance within Neolithic society. Journeying back to Peru reveals yet another architectural wonder - Hatunrumiyoc Street's Twelve Angled Stone. Witnessing this masterpiece crafted by skilled Inca stoneworkers leaves one awestruck at their precision and ingenuity. Traveling eastward brings us to Xian, Shaanxi province where the Lintong site houses the remarkable Army of Terracotta Warriors.