Archeological Collection (#6)

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)

Town Wall, 5, Messrs Barber and Co's Warehouse, Coopers Row, as exposed 1864 (b/w photo)
8629655 Town Wall, 5, Messrs Barber and Co's Warehouse, Coopers Row, as exposed 1864 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Town Wall, 5)

A Typical Portion of the City Wall (litho)
8629653 A Typical Portion of the City Wall (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Typical Portion of the City Wall)

Roman Remains Beneath the Coal Exchange Lower Thames Street (litho)
8629646 Roman Remains Beneath the Coal Exchange Lower Thames Street (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pavement, Broad Street (colour litho)
8629643 Pavement, Broad Street (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pavement, Broad Street)

Excavation of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum, Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving)
8676994 Excavation of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum, Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Roman hupocausts, Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving)
8676856 Roman hupocausts, Wroxeter, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman hupocausts, Wroxeter, Shropshire)

Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel (litho)
8663898 Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel)

Assyrian armoured war dog (engraving)
8663691 Assyrian armoured war dog (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian armoured war dog. Relief from a potshard found at Nimrud)

Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals (colour litho)
8663625 Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals)

Excavation of a Roman city at Timgad, Algeria (b/w photo)
8672126 Excavation of a Roman city at Timgad, Algeria (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Garuda, from Prasat Thom, Koh Ker, Preah Vihear, angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of the 10th century
930467 Garuda, from Prasat Thom, Koh Ker, Preah Vihear, angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of the 10th century, sandstone, national museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Head of Devata, from the gate of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th cantury, sandstone
930466 Head of Devata, from the gate of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th cantury, sandstone, national museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Members of the Sussex Archaeological Society about to enter Arundel Castle (b/w photo)
8675978 Members of the Sussex Archaeological Society about to enter Arundel Castle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oinochoe of red figures for the Antesteria's party (ceramic)
UIG5415873 Oinochoe of red figures for the Antesteria's party (ceramic); (add.info.: It depicts Dionysos, divinity of the wine, drunk and sustained by a satire. Attica, around 430 BC)

Statue of king with tight hands, probably Gudea, Prince of Lagash
AIS5366675 Statue of king with tight hands, probably Gudea, Prince of Lagash.; (add.info.: Around 2130 BC. From Girsu, Iraq. Paris. Louvre Museum); © Iberfoto

Two ridge tiles with Tao - Tie decoration from China 5-3rd century bc
BEN5475727 Two ridge tiles with Tao - Tie decoration from China 5-3rd century bc; Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France; (add.info.: Ceramic 5-3rd century BC. (M.C)

Dancing satyr. Agathe and onyx cameo, 1st century BC. 3, 6x2, 8cm. No. 41, Inv. 25873
BEN5471563 Dancing satyr. Agathe and onyx cameo, 1st century BC. 3, 6x2, 8cm. No. 41, Inv. 25873. Museo Nazionale Archeologico

Lekane (lower part). Greek ceramics, 4th century BC. Size: 32 cm. Museo Eoliano, Lipari
BEN5472417 Lekane (lower part). Greek ceramics, 4th century BC. Size: 32 cm. Museo Eoliano, Lipari.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Vase and bowl of the Vettones (Celtic people of the Iberian Peninsula), 4th century BC (ceramic)
AIS5337240 Vase and bowl of the Vettones (Celtic people of the Iberian Peninsula), 4th century BC (ceramic); Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid

Giuseppe Garibaldi with Giuseppe Fiorelli, director of the Pompei excavations
FGL5467179 Giuseppe Garibaldi with Giuseppe Fiorelli, director of the Pompei excavations and part of his staff visit the excavations at Pompei. 22/10/1860. Anonymous photography.; Fototeca Gilardi

Portrait of Greek sculptor Phidias (490 BC 430 BC) Etching of the 18th century
FGL5477041 Portrait of Greek sculptor Phidias (490 BC 430 BC) Etching of the 18th century; Fototeca Gilardi

Portrait of the emperor Tiberius, end of 1st centurt AD
7287183 Portrait of the emperor Tiberius, end of 1st centurt AD; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of the emperor Titus. End of the 1st century AD)

Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus
7287177 Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus. 1st century AD. Chiaramonti Museum)

Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus
7287176 Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus. 1st century AD. Chiaramonti Museum)

Statuette of Artemis
7287257 Statuette of Artemis.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Mid 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original of the mid-4th century BC)

Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby
7287255 Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby. 1st century AD)

Herm of Hephaestus
7287201 Herm of Hephaestus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Hephaestus. Roman sculture inspired by a statue made by Alkamenes between 421 and 416 BC)

Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius
7287199 Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. 2nd century AD)

Columns of theTemple of Diana, Evora, 1st century
7264840 Columns of theTemple of Diana, Evora, 1st century; Evora, Alto Alentejo, Portugal; (add.info.: Corinthian columns of the Roman temple of Evora, built around the 1st century)

Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio
7287252 Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio. Young Caligula before he ascended to the throne in 37 AD)

Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies
7287245 Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies)

Tools, Indus Valley civilisation, Hisar, Haryana, Punjab, India (copper)
7381565 Tools, Indus Valley civilisation, Hisar, Haryana, Punjab, India (copper); (add.info.: Rakhi Garhi village, archaeological site)

Yemenite relief of a woman and a man, seated on dromedaries, meeting at a well
5309754 Yemenite relief of a woman and a man, seated on dromedaries, meeting at a well; Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Medallion decorated with Medusa's head (marble)
5309713 Medallion decorated with Medusa's head (marble); Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Sword inscribed and decorated with inlays. 5th-4th centuries BC. Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC)
BEN5473845 Sword inscribed and decorated with inlays. 5th-4th centuries BC. Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC). Bronze, inlaid, jade, gold (metal), turquoise from Liyu (China). Paris, Guimet Museum

Jade mask. Teotihuacan art from Mexico, circa 250-600. Glyptic Inv. Gemme 1921, n.824
BEN5473769 Jade mask. Teotihuacan art from Mexico, circa 250-600. Glyptic Inv. Gemme 1921, n.824. Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.660; Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Marble bust of the emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117 AD) c.108
AIS5383450 Marble bust of the emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117 AD) c.108.; Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; © Iberfoto

Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome
3480500 Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome; (add.info.: Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome)

The upper part of the tomb in a pyramid shape
3507711 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

The Sphinx
2623776 The Sphinx; (add.info.: Colour photographic print of The Sphinx, Egypt. Photographed by Frank George Carpenter (1855-1924) Photographer. Dated 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ancient Roman grocer's shop (engraving)
8635788 Ancient Roman grocer's shop (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Roman grocer's shop. Illustration from Rom)

Plan of Roman Walls on Site of Leadenhall etc, By H Hodge 1881-1882 (litho)
8629667 Plan of Roman Walls on Site of Leadenhall etc, By H Hodge 1881-1882 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of Roman Walls on Site of Leadenhall etc)

Thames Street, Lower (b/w photo)
8629662 Thames Street, Lower (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thames Street, Lower)

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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.