One of the largest museums in the world, with collections of Greek, Roman, British, Egyptian, Iranian, and Mesopotamian archaeology.
This museum was visited in 2005.
 Coin of Tigranes II the Great of Armenia.
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 Ephesus, temple of Artemis, Capital
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Siege of Lachish
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 Sippar, Babylonian world map
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 Mask of a German
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 Lepcis Magna, Coin with the Temple of Shadrapa
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 Berenice II
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 Lincoln, Tombstone of Valerius of II Adiutrix
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 The Flood Tablet
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 Coin of Seleucus Nicator.
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 Aeschines
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 BCHP 18BA Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189 and BM35229)
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 Saqqara, Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
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 Ptolemy III Euergetes
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 Koptos, Dedication to Domitian, mentioning III Cyrenaica
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 Xanthus, Payava's tomb
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33
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 Diploma from Malpas (obverse)
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of hoplites doing battle
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 BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top
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 Xanthus, Payava's tomb, Relief
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 A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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 Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Lamassu
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 Xanten, Pliny's bridle
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse
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 Ephesus, Coin with the Temple of Artemis
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 BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse
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 Harran, Relief of Nabonidus
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 Eshmun/Asclepius on a coin of Lepcis
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of a hunt
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant
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 Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer
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 Lincoln, Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom
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 Coin of Lucius Antonius
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 Leiden-Matilo, Inscription by a unit of scouts, with a damnatio memoriae
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 Artabanus II
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 Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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 Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II
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 BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse
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 Gaius Caesar
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 ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Obverse
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 A lion and an anchor on a Babylonian coin of Seleucus
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top
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 BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Reverse
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 Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II
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 Crossing a river on a raft made of animal skins. Assyrian relief from Nineveh.
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 ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Reverse
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 Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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 BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse
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 Palmyra, Šadrafa
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 Antisthenes
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 BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Reverse
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 Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Obverse
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 BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Reclining Gods
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 Tablet with limmu-names
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete
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 Myrina, Figurine of two chatting ladies (Demeter and Kore)
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 Ipswich, Gold torques
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 Claudius
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 BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge
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 Masjid-e Solaiman, Relief of Hermes
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Surrender
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 Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula)
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 Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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 Astronomical text mentioning the comet of Halley
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 Ur, Royal Tombs, Standard
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 BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Senacherib
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 Alexander the Great
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 Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
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 Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot
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 Coin of Pontius Pilate
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 Samaria ivories
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 Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium
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 Coin of Philip
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Tiberius
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), left edge
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32957), Reverse
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse
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 Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish relief (drawing)
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 Rhodes, Relief of a soldier (archaizing)
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 Hesiod
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 BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse
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 A Babylonian almanac, mentioning future positions of the planets (British Museum)
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 Epicurus
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 Ptolemy IV Philopator
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 ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle")
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle tier, Muses
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Pediment, Horse of Selene
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 Hadrian's Wall, Relief with the emblems of II Augusta (Capricorn and Pegasus)
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Peplos
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 ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
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 Astronomical diary, referring to financial measures during the First Syrian War
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of soldiers
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 BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse
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 Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite
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 BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse
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 Arsinoe II
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 Nimrud, Relief of the god Aššur
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 Persepolis, Palace of Artaxerxes, Relief of a sphinx
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 BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse
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 BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse
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 Bust of Ulpia Marciana
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 Corinth, Monument for Octavian's victory at Actium
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15
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 Idalion, Melqart
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 Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III
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 Rome, Via Latina, Villa of Murena, Portrait of Aratus of Sicyon
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 A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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 Coin of Bar Kochba (with temple and Messianic star)
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 Ephesus, Tomb of Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, Roman fasces
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 Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
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 Arsaces I
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 BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888)
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus.
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Hadrian
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 Cyrene, Temple of Aphrodite, Relief of the nymph killing a lion
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase, Egyptian inscription
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 A mounted archer
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 Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V
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 BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse
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 Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, "King Alexander dedicated this temple to Athena Polias"
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 Vologases II
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier
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 Ephesus, Dedication to M. Calpurnius Rufus
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 ABC 9: Artaxerxes III Chronicle
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 Cameo of Julia Domna as Luna
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse
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 Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Toilet seat
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Coin of Antiochus III the Great
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 Coin of Caesar, showing a Gallic captive
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 Sphinx of Taharqo
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 Xanthus, Agora, Harpy tomb, Relief of the harpies and a warrior
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 Ur, Royal Tombs, Ram in a Thicket
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 Sippar, Temple of Šamaš, Tablet of the Sun god
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), obverse
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 Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, Inscription mentioning Julia, daughter of the emperor Titus
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 Marcus Aurelius
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 Roman helmet from the age of the Punic Wars
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 Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Vulture
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 Antiochus Cylinder (Drawing by Pinches)
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of Phobos
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Antoninus Pius
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase with an inscription of king Xerxes
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 Gyges Tablet
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 II Adiutrix' pegasus on a coin of Gallienus
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Capital
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Assyrian Camp
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 Ram sphinx of Taharqo
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 BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse
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 Diploma from Malpas (reverse)
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 Babylon, Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II
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 Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left
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 BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse
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 Homer
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Obverse
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 Astronomical Diary mentioning the battle of Gaugamela
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left
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 Veii, Head of Aplu
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 Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix
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 Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknob (London)
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 BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse
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 Theseus kills Skiron
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of the city goddess
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 Coin of Victorinus
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 The Cyrus Cylinder
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Horse of the quadriga (by Pythis)
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 Hamadan, Achaemenid inscription A2Ha
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 Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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 Pericles
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy: Achilles kills Penthesileia
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 BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Obverse
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 The Synchronic Chronicle
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 BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
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 Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), reverse
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 Priene, Portrait of Julius Caesar
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 Coin of Agrippa
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle Tier, Polyhymnia
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 BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse
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 Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina
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 Coin of King Herod the Great
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 BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
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 Arsinoe II
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 Syracuse, Etruscan helmet, dedicated by Hiero to the gods after the battle of Cumae
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 Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Column drum
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Upper tier
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 Alexandria, Inscription of II Traiana Fortis
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 Constantius captures Londinium
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 BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, West Pediment, Illisos
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 Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta, Aššurnasirpal II
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 Corinthian helmet
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Chaldaeans
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 Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Statues of a woman and believed to be Artemisia and Maussolus
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 Chrysippus
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Assurbanipal
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 Drawing of the seal of king Darius the Great
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 BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)
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 Coin of Gondophares
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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 Nineveh, Cup
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 Lepidus as triumvir
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 Ptolemy IV Philopator
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 Smyrna, Portrait of Cleopatra I Syra
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 Lucius Clodius Macer
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Julia Mamaea
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 Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part
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 Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull
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 Susa, Inscription DSe
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete
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 BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse
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 Nimrud, Temple of Nabu, Šamši-Adad V
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 The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast)
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 The seal of king Darius the Great
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 Ptolemy I Soter
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Chester, Antefix with the badge of XX Valeria Victrix, a boar
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