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Images about Archaeology

9 images from works
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
  • Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.
  • L'antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures / [Bernard de Montfaucon].
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • A very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies, : discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therin. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French.
  • The so-called brothel at Pompeii, three-quarter view. Photograph by Alinari.
  • A very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies, : discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therin. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French.

Works from the collections

774 works

    • Books

    Indian skeletal material from the central coast of Peru / by Marshall T. Newman. with a synopsis of the archaeology / by Gordon R. Willey.

    | Newman, Marshall Thornton, 1911- | Date: 1947
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0004414: Drawing of emblems of a diety from Ninevah expedition by Sir Henry Layards, 1845

    | Date: 13 November 1935 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/35/37
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    La préhistoire / L. Capitan ; éd. rev. et augm. par Michel Faguet ; préface de Henri Breuil.

    | Louis Capitan | Date: 1931
    • Journals

    Anthropological index.

    | Museum of Mankind. Library | Date: 1983-
    • Journals

    The Berks, Bucks & Oxon archaeological journal.

    | Date: 1895-1930
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Ancient
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Excavations (Archaeology)
Tools, Prehistoric
Prehistoric peoples
Paleopathology
Egypt

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