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