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archaeological site/excavation

Also known as: archaeological site/excavation; archaeology; excavation; archaeological site
Scope note: This term is mainly used for excavations and archaeological work in progress, but also for general views of ancient sites. For images where the emphasis is on the building or structure in an archaeological site, rather than a general view of the site, the Subject is the type of building (e.g. 'temple'). If, however, the building or structure is shown within a general view of the site, both Subject terms are entered. In all cases, the place name, where known, is recorded as Associated Place. N.B. For views of unidentified archaeological artefacts, the term 'antiquities' is used.
Broader terms: x12501; arts/architecture

3,125 related objects

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5679 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 1 July 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Glanum

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5664 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5663 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5665 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5668 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5677 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 1 July 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Glanum

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5662 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5666 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

35mm slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,F.T.5667 |
Producer name: BIOG125446 Photographed by:David John Lee |
Production date: 29 Jun 1964 |
Production place: Photographed in:Pompeii

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.7 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.3 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.32 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.13 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.35 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.5 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.30 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.28 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.29 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.34 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.31 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.48 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.47 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.19 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.20 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6013.1 |
Production date: 1941

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.17 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.72 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2012,6079.1.14 |
Producer name: BIOG214397 Photographed by:Rev William Percy Hughes |
Production date: 1920s-1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.39 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.34 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.9 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.29 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.11 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.6 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.38 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.41 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.37 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.40 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.36 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.42 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.46 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6015.1 |
Producer name: BIOG192457 Photographed by:Paul Gotch |
Production date: 1959-1966

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.49 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.50 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.18 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.21 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6014.1

album

Museum number: 2013,6016.1.1 |
Production date: 20th Century

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.30 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.32 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2012,6079.1.18 |
Producer name: BIOG214397 Photographed by:Rev William Percy Hughes |
Production date: 1920s-1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.52 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6011.1 |
Production date: 1921

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.51 |
Production date: 1931

banknote; painting

Museum number: 2016,4036.3 |
Producer name: BIOG241002 Painted by:Kirill Bondarenko |
Authority: BIOG131715 Issuer:National Bank of Ukraine |
Production date: 2000 |
Production place: Printed in:UkraineDecorated in:Ukraine

banknote

Museum number: 2006,0308.6 |
Authority: BIOG161896 Issuer:State Bank of Pakistan |
Production place: Issued in:Pakistan

banknote

Museum number: 2006,0308.7 |
Authority: BIOG161896 Issuer:State Bank of Pakistan |
Production place: Issued in:Pakistan

banknote

Museum number: 2014,4024.1 |
Producer name: BIOG102796 Printed by:American Bank Note Co |
Authority: Ruler:Reza ShahIssuer:Bank-e Melli Iran |
Cultures/periods: x114008 Pahlavi dynasty |
Production date: 1932 |
Production place: Issued in:Iran

banknote; painting

Museum number: 2016,4036.2 |
Producer name: BIOG241002 Painted by:Kirill Bondarenko |
Authority: BIOG131715 Issuer:National Bank of Ukraine |
Production date: 2000 |
Production place: Printed in:UkraineDecorated in:Ukraine

banknote

Museum number: 2015,4123.3.b |
Producer name: Photographed by:De La RueDesigned by:James Moore |
Authority: Issuer:De La RueIssuer:Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
Production date: 1988 |
Production place: Issued in:Peru

banknote

Museum number: 2015,4038.2 |
Authority: BIOG105202 Issuer:Central Bank of Libya |
Production date: 2002 |
Production place: Issued in:Libya

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1865,0114.1156-1282 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliPrint made by:Benoît Farjat |
Production date: 1699 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

booklet

Title: Abu Simbel Now or Never |
Museum number: EPH-ME.9044 |
Production date: October 1961 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

card

Title: Republic of the Sudan. Tirhaqa Saving Sudanese Nubian Antiquities |
Museum number: EPH-ME.8828 |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Published in:Khartoum (city)

cigarette-card

Title: The Treasure of the Oxus Treasure Trove |
Museum number: EPH-ME.9047 |
Production date: 1920s-1930s |
Production place: Printed in:British Isles

cigarette-packet

Museum number: EPH-ME.4854 |
Producer name: BIOG229789 Made by:Jordan Tobacco & Cigarette Co Ltd |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Jordan

coin

Museum number: 2001,0206.202 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG69033 Ruler:HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom |
Production date: 1983 |
Production place: Made for:JerseyMinted in:Llantrisant

coin

Museum number: 2001,0206.203 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG69033 Ruler:HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom |
Production date: 1986 |
Production place: Made for:JerseyMinted in:Llantrisant

coin

Museum number: EPH-ME.8527 |
Production date: 1982 |
Production place: Made in:Baghdad

coin

Museum number: 2006,1101.201 |
Authority: BIOG93250 Issuer:Government of Israel |
Production date: 1988 |
Production place: Issued in:Israel

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8658 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lepcis Magna

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8650 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Jarma

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8662 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lepcis Magna

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7129 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7127 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7115 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7116 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7117 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.14491 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 1973 03 May 2014 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lukenya Hill

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7126 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.13156 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 27 August 2007 22 August 2007 |
Production place: Photographed in:Laikipia

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8649 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 11 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Jarma

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8663 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lepcis Magna

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8661 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lepcis Magna

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.8660 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 10 March 2010 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lepcis Magna

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.565 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 28 March 1998 10 April 2006 |
Production place: Photographed in:Tadrart AcacusPhotographed in:Wadi Intaharin

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7128 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7134 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7670 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 1996 19 May 2006 |
Production place: Photographed in:Tigui UdingerPhotographed in:Tibesti Mountains

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.14498 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 1973 03 May 2014 |
Production place: Photographed in:Lukenya Hill

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7118 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 2012 |
Production place: Photographed in:Abaike’

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.567 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: 28 March 1998 10 April 2006 |
Production place: Photographed in:Tadrart AcacusPhotographed in:Wadi Intaharin

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.7454 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson MBE |
Production date: November 1996 12 June 2006 |
Production place: Photographed in:TiberouPhotographed in:Tibesti Mountains

drawing; sketch-book

Title: From Elis |
Museum number: 1853,0307.275 |
Producer name: BIOG28641 Drawn by:Sir William Gell |
Production date: 1801-1813

drawing; sketch-book

Title: Site of Sparta |
Museum number: 1853,0307.214 |
Producer name: BIOG28641 Drawn by:Sir William Gell |
Production date: 1801-1813

drawing

Museum number: 2012,5001.97 |
Producer name: BIOG23143 Drawn by:Charles Robert Cockerell |
Production date: 1811-1814

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.4 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Attributed to:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0711.2124 |
Producer name: BIOG16975 Drawn by:Samuel James Ainsley |
Production date: 1843

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0528,0.36 |
Producer name: BIOG62083 Drawn by:Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bodhgayā

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.5 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Attributed to:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

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