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