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