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