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