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  • A plastic drinks bottle hangs from a food kiosk opposite ancient Roman archaeology in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
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  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch07-20-04-2016.jpg
  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch05-20-04-2016.jpg
  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch01-20-04-2016.jpg
  • City workers take a break below the Roman archaeology showing the Goddess Minerva on Walbrook, City of London, founded by the Romans in AD43.
    minerva_hoarding01-24-10-2013.jpg
  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy ancient Egyptian artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum17-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum24-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum32-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The colossal head of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II that dominates a room and visitors in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-29-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors learn about the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-22-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt416-07-03-2016.jpg
  • A landscape void of tourists of the giant colossus of Pharaoh Ramesses ll and Bintanat at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministery of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt  is down by up to 80% in 2016 after the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
    egypt300-05-03-2016.jpg
  • A local Egyptian man walks past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt248-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Massive stitting colossus in the Court of Ramesses II at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt183-03-03-2016.jpg
  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt168-03-03-2016.jpg
  • A party of schoolgirls gather to look at tourist trinkets in the main square in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt97-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Large tourists visit the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt42-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) in the British Museum, London. Here, the Godess Venus is surprised as she bathes, her water jar resting on her thigh. She crouches naked and attempts to cover herself with arms and hands. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum17-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Muslim visitor takes a photo with a smartphone of a pair of giant Assyrian protective spirits - an Ugallu - or great Lion, preceded by what may be a House God from about 700-692BC from the ancient city of Nineveh,
    british_museum09-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Muslim visitors pose for a selfie beneath the giant Assyrian Winged human-headed lion from about 865-860BC from the ancient city of Numrud. This protective spirit guarded the entrance into what may have been a banquet hall.
    british_museum07-14-01-2016.jpg
  • In the peristyle of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii is a fresco  where an ancient painted mural to the Greek Goddess Urania was unearthed from volcanic ash after 2,000 years. In Greek mythology, Urania which stems from the Greek word for 'heavenly' or 'of heaven', was the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus, usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand, she can foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars and is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, the frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • Tourists at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
    greek_olympiad005-20-10_2003.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert, a complete set of main landing gear undercarriage stands upright amid a field of similar items from airliners at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world's retired civil airliners is decided by age or cooling economy. Cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium is worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis42-15-08-1998.jpg
  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
    hadrians_wall29-08-08-2010-1.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum15-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum16-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum13-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a visitor to the British Museum wearing a face covering reads decriptions of an ancient Greek vase that depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis along with imaginary animals (Athens, c580BC) by painter, Sophilos, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at this poluar London attraction.
    british_museum18-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum14-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the Elgin Marbles and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum29-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy looking at the Nereid Monument (constructed 390-380BC and restored in the 1960s) and other historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum20-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum23-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum27-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a door is open to allow fresh air into the room containing the Elgin Marbles and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum22-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum25-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum26-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum28-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts in the Greek and Roman room at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum30-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts in the Greek and Roman room at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum31-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum33-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Visitors and the South Stairs of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-19-12-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors and the South Stairs of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-18-12-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors and the South Stairs of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-14-12-06-2018.jpg
  • A 1st or 2nd century Roman statue of Venus (discovered by painter and dealer Gavin Hamilton at Ostia in 1775), on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-06-12-06-2018.jpg
  • A 1st or 2nd century Roman statue of Venus (discovered by painter and dealer Gavin Hamilton at Ostia in 1775), on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-05-12-06-2018.jpg
  • A Chinese tour group listen to historical commentary about the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles in the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-03-12-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles in Room 18 of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-02-12-06-2018.jpg
  • A visitor walks around the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles in Room 18 of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-01-12-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-11-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-10-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-08-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-07-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-06-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-05-11-04-2018.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-05-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-03-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-04-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-01-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-02-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The Roman marble statue of a youth on horseback (c. 1st century AD) and possibly representing a prince of the ruling Julio-Claudian Dynasty, part of the Farnese Collection, now in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-32-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The Roman marble statue of a youth on horseback (c. 1st century AD) and possibly representing a prince of the ruling Julio-Claudian Dynasty, part of the Farnese Collection, now in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-31-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The colossal head of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II that dominates a room and visitors in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-28-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The South Stairs of the British Museum with the two lions that once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (now in Bodrum, Turkey) and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-27-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-24-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-25-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-23-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolboys visiting the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum sit on a bench in front of Rondanini Faun, a 2nd century Roman statue, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-17-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) overlooks the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-21-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolboys visiting the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum sit on a bench in front of Rondanini Faun, a 2nd century Roman statue, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-16-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-07-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-09-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolchildren work on projects beneath New Kingdom (1279-1213BC) Egyptian Mummies of Henutmehyt in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-11-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-05-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
    british_museum-03-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
    british_museum-04-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolchildren work on projects about Eyptian Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-13-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) overlooks the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-20-28-02-2017.jpg
  • An elderly visitor inspects New Kingdom (1279-1213BC) Egyptian Mummies of Henutmehyt in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-12-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
    british_museum-01-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-06-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors ignore the antiquities of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-24-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors admire Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-20-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors selfie under Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-18-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors copy the pose of Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-15-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors copy the pose of Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-16-27-02-2017.jpg
  • A woman visitor photographs the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
    british_museum-11-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors admire Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-13-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolchildren wearing hi-vis jackets work on projects in the British Museum,on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-10-27-02-2017.jpg
  • A woman visitor photographs the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
    british_museum-12-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-09-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-08-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolchildren snigger at the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
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  • Women visitors admire the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
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  • Visitors pose in front of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • A visitor leans to learn about the The Head of the Horse of Selene, part of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt563-10-03-2016.jpg
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