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.
![](/site/assets/files/19982/thumbnail_bchp_jur_obv_1-15.jpg) BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15
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![](/site/assets/files/19969/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl1.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/17396/thumbnail_ptolemy_iv_bm.jpg) Ptolemy IV Philopator
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![](/site/assets/files/19981/thumbnail_bchp_jur_le_16-18.jpg) BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18
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![](/site/assets/files/46931/thumbnail_astarte_ivory_bm.jpg) Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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![](/site/assets/files/46971/thumbnail_lachish_relief_1.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Siege of Lachish
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![](/site/assets/files/19978/thumbnail_arses_bm36613.jpg) BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)
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![](/site/assets/files/1513/thumbnail_mausoleum_amazon_frieze5.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy: Achilles kills Penthesileia
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![](/site/assets/files/4696/thumbnail_eclipses.jpg) Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
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![](/site/assets/files/16314/thumbnail_iii_cyrenaica_koptos_ad90.jpg) Koptos, Dedication to Domitian, mentioning III Cyrenaica
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![](/site/assets/files/2763/thumbnail_ulpia_marciana_bm.jpg) Bust of Ulpia Marciana
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![](/site/assets/files/17565/thumbnail_nabonidus_cylinder_sippar_bm1.jpg) Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
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![](/site/assets/files/46972/thumbnail_lachish_relief_7.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Surrender
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![](/site/assets/files/6801/thumbnail_chrysippus.jpg) Chrysippus
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![](/site/assets/files/19953/thumbnail_bchp_ruin_esagila_bm32248rev.jpg) BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/4697/thumbnail_babylonian_worldmap.jpg) Sippar, Babylonian world map
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![](/site/assets/files/10339/thumbnail_coin_marcellus_bm.jpg) Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants
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![](/site/assets/files/21432/thumbnail_mausoleum_amazon_frieze4.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/21775/thumbnail_xanthus_harpy.jpg) Xanthus, Agora, Harpy tomb, Relief of the harpies and a warrior
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![](/site/assets/files/19921/thumbnail_bchp18b-bm35189otl2.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left
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![](/site/assets/files/19996/thumbnail_kinglist_bm35603_upper_edge.jpg) Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge
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![](/site/assets/files/19968/thumbnail_abc4_late_nabopolassar.jpg) ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
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![](/site/assets/files/19995/thumbnail_kinglist_bm35603_rev.jpg) Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/65170/thumbnail_ipswich_torques_bm.jpg) Ipswich, Gold torques
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![](/site/assets/files/18726/thumbnail_coin_herod_bm.jpg) Coin of King Herod the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/66620/thumbnail_nineveh_assurbanipal_lion_hunt_bm03.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/16827/thumbnail_chariot-1.jpg) Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot
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![](/site/assets/files/17241/thumbnail_peplos.jpg) Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Peplos
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![](/site/assets/files/17738/thumbnail_chogha_zanbil_knob_bm.jpg) Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknob (London)
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![](/site/assets/files/5637/thumbnail_taharqa_bm.jpg) Sphinx of Taharqo
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![](/site/assets/files/19999/thumbnail_nimrod_3mina_bm.jpg) Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina
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![](/site/assets/files/19926/thumbnail_bchp_alexander_obv.jpg) BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/1367/thumbnail_nabonidus_chronicle_obv.jpg) ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/21327/thumbnail_ephesus_inscr_bm1-1.jpg) Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Hadrian
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![](/site/assets/files/18520/thumbnail_rome_baths_caracalla_bm.jpg) Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Toilet seat
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![](/site/assets/files/10015/thumbnail_julia_mamaea_bm.jpg) Julia Mamaea
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![](/site/assets/files/19947/thumbnail_bchp_juniper_bm32266obv.jpg) BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/22177/thumbnail_babylonia_brick_nebuchadnezzar_bm.jpg) Babylon, Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II
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![](/site/assets/files/21336/thumbnail_ephesus_calpurnius_rufus_bm.jpg) Ephesus, Dedication to M. Calpurnius Rufus
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![](/site/assets/files/19957/thumbnail_bchp_seleucus_iii_obv.jpg) BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/1386/thumbnail_mausoleum_maussolus1.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus.
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![](/site/assets/files/64450/thumbnail_warrior_rhodes_bm_1.jpg) Rhodes, Relief of a soldier (archaizing)
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![](/site/assets/files/15800/thumbnail_magian.jpg) A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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![](/site/assets/files/63633/thumbnail_coin_lucius_antonius_bm.jpg) Coin of Lucius Antonius
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![](/site/assets/files/1325/thumbnail_roman_fasces.jpg) Ephesus, Tomb of Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, Roman fasces
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![](/site/assets/files/4334/thumbnail_samaria_ivories_bm.jpg) Samaria ivories
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![](/site/assets/files/8730/thumbnail_kurkh_stela_bm-1.jpg) Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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![](/site/assets/files/21088/thumbnail_diploma1.jpg) Diploma from Malpas (reverse)
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![](/site/assets/files/46973/thumbnail_lachish_relief_5.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Senacherib
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![](/site/assets/files/2542/thumbnail_matilo_roomburg_damnatio_memoriae_rmo.jpg) Leiden-Matilo, Inscription by a unit of scouts, with a damnatio memoriae
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![](/site/assets/files/10211/thumbnail_cyrene_t_venus_nymph_cyrene_kills_lion_crowned_by_libya.jpg) Cyrene, Temple of Aphrodite, Relief of the nymph killing a lion
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![](/site/assets/files/22178/thumbnail_east_india_house_inscr_nebuchadnezzar_ii.jpg) Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II
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![](/site/assets/files/19928/thumbnail_bchp_antiochus_sin_rm_757_left_top.jpg) BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left
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![](/site/assets/files/38646/thumbnail_berenice_ii_bm.jpg) Berenice II
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![](/site/assets/files/5131/thumbnail_nabonidus.jpg) Harran, Relief of Nabonidus
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![](/site/assets/files/19992/thumbnail_jerusalem_597.jpg) ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle")
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![](/site/assets/files/19919/thumbnail_bchp18b-bm35189om.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part
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![](/site/assets/files/2554/thumbnail_porus_coin_obv.jpg) Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant
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![](/site/assets/files/44960/thumbnail_nimrud_assur_bm.jpg) Nimrud, Relief of the god Aššur
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![](/site/assets/files/16285/thumbnail_ad-331.jpg) Astronomical Diary mentioning the battle of Gaugamela
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![](/site/assets/files/19163/thumbnail_ii_adiutrix_tombstone.jpg) Lincoln, Tombstone of Valerius of II Adiutrix
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![](/site/assets/files/4585/thumbnail_pericles.jpg) Pericles
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![](/site/assets/files/18351/thumbnail_coin_artabanus_ii.jpg) Artabanus II
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![](/site/assets/files/6954/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer2.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III
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![](/site/assets/files/8486/thumbnail_lachish_siege_nineveh.gif) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish relief (drawing)
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![](/site/assets/files/17529/thumbnail_dse.jpg) Susa, Inscription DSe
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![](/site/assets/files/19917/thumbnail_bchp18a_bm35229o2.jpg) BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete
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![](/site/assets/files/19950/thumbnail_bchp_politai_bm_46120_ue.jpg) BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge
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![](/site/assets/files/16843/thumbnail_gyges_tablet_bm.jpg) Gyges Tablet
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![](/site/assets/files/13503/thumbnail_viiii_lincoln.jpg) Lincoln, Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
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![](/site/assets/files/21660/thumbnail_priene_athena_polias_julia_augusti_bm.jpg) Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, Inscription mentioning Julia, daughter of the emperor Titus
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![](/site/assets/files/5196/thumbnail_coin_m_lepidus_bm.jpg) Lepidus as triumvir
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![](/site/assets/files/19986/thumbnail_bchp_theft_gold_bm32510rev.jpg) BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/6953/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer_6.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier
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![](/site/assets/files/5120/thumbnail_gods.jpg) Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Reclining Gods
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![](/site/assets/files/19988/thumbnail_dyn_proph_bm40623_cols_i_ii.jpg) Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II
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![](/site/assets/files/19931/thumbnail_bchp_arabia_chronicle.jpg) BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19993/thumbnail_kinglist_bm35603_left_edge.jpg) Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), left edge
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![](/site/assets/files/11829/thumbnail_xanthus_nereids4.jpg) Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of hoplites doing battle
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![](/site/assets/files/6711/thumbnail_antisthenes.jpg) Antisthenes
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![](/site/assets/files/19936/thumbnail_bchp_diadochi_10_rev.jpg) BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/64956/thumbnail_myrina_demeter_persephone_bm.jpg) Myrina, Figurine of two chatting ladies (Demeter and Kore)
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![](/site/assets/files/18402/thumbnail_london_bm_nineveh_assurbanipal_hunting_13.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/21365/thumbnail_ephesus_artemis_capital_bm.jpg) Ephesus, temple of Artemis, Capital
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![](/site/assets/files/17399/thumbnail_smyrna_cleopatra_i_bm.jpg) Smyrna, Portrait of Cleopatra I Syra
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![](/site/assets/files/67139/thumbnail_ur_standard_bm1.jpg) Ur, Royal Tombs, Standard
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![](/site/assets/files/66619/thumbnail_nineveh_assurbanipal_lion_hunt_bm01.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/4003/thumbnail_bchp_ptolemy_iii_bm_34428obv.jpg) BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19956/thumbnail_bchp_ruin_esagila_bm32248rev_3.jpg) BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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![](/site/assets/files/10105/thumbnail_palmyra_shadrafa_bm1.jpg) Palmyra, Šadrafa
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![](/site/assets/files/46767/thumbnail_nineveh_sennacherib_chaldaeans_hiding_in_marches_bm.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Chaldaeans
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![](/site/assets/files/21427/thumbnail_halicarnassus_phobos.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mosaic of Phobos
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![](/site/assets/files/4674/thumbnail_shot.jpg) A mounted archer
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![](/site/assets/files/6950/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer
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![](/site/assets/files/21364/thumbnail_coin_ephesus.jpg) Ephesus, Coin with the Temple of Artemis
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![](/site/assets/files/19976/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl_pinches.gif) Antiochus Cylinder (Drawing by Pinches)
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![](/site/assets/files/17562/thumbnail_xv_hal2.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase, Egyptian inscription
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![](/site/assets/files/19985/thumbnail_bchp_theft_gold_bm32510obv.jpg) BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19912/thumbnail_abc9_artaxerxes_iii.jpg) ABC 9: Artaxerxes III Chronicle
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![](/site/assets/files/6612/thumbnail_xanthus_payava1.jpg) Xanthus, Payava's tomb
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![](/site/assets/files/15650/thumbnail_ad_halley.jpg) Astronomical text mentioning the comet of Halley
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![](/site/assets/files/19939/thumbnail_bchp_end_seleucus_bm_32235obv.jpg) BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/6952/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer_4.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle tier, Muses
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![](/site/assets/files/19938/thumbnail_bchp_dynastic_bm_32171_rev.jpg) BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19948/thumbnail_bchp_juniper_bm32266rev.jpg) BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/6848/thumbnail_epicurus.jpg) Epicurus
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![](/site/assets/files/19918/thumbnail_bchp18b-bm35189ob.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom
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![](/site/assets/files/67094/thumbnail_rome_aratus_via_latina_sulpicius_varro_murena_bm.jpg) Rome, Via Latina, Villa of Murena, Portrait of Aratus of Sicyon
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![](/site/assets/files/19173/thumbnail_ii_tr_f_nicopolis_alexandria_bm.jpg) Alexandria, Inscription of II Traiana Fortis
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![](/site/assets/files/1387/thumbnail_mausoleum_maussolus3.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Statues of a woman and believed to be Artemisia and Maussolus
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![](/site/assets/files/30729/thumbnail_satala_anahita_aphrodite.jpg) Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite
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![](/site/assets/files/15825/thumbnail_limmu_bm.jpg) Tablet with limmu-names
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![](/site/assets/files/11104/thumbnail_london_captured_coin.jpg) Constantius captures Londinium
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![](/site/assets/files/19942/thumbnail_bchp_euphrates_bm35031_obv.jpg) BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/8501/thumbnail_nimrud_assurnasirpal_ii_bm1.jpg) Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta, Aššurnasirpal II
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![](/site/assets/files/6984/thumbnail_masjid-e_solaiman_figurine_bm.jpg) Masjid-e Solaiman, Relief of Hermes
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![](/site/assets/files/19166/thumbnail_iiaug.jpg) Hadrian's Wall, Relief with the emblems of II Augusta (Capricorn and Pegasus)
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![](/site/assets/files/21656/thumbnail_caesar_priene_bm.jpg) Priene, Portrait of Julius Caesar
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![](/site/assets/files/17387/thumbnail_coin_seleucus_bab_310.jpg) A lion and an anchor on a Babylonian coin of Seleucus
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![](/site/assets/files/6955/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer_5.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle Tier, Polyhymnia
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![](/site/assets/files/16804/thumbnail_alex_bm.jpg) Alexander the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/47439/thumbnail_nineveh_cup_sviii-vii_bm.jpg) Nineveh, Cup
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![](/site/assets/files/19944/thumbnail_bchp_greek_community_obv.jpg) BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/17386/thumbnail_coin_ptolemy_iv_bm.jpg) Ptolemy IV Philopator
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![](/site/assets/files/20004/thumbnail_synchronic_chronicle_bm.jpg) The Synchronic Chronicle
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![](/site/assets/files/6213/thumbnail_venus_tablet.jpg) Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
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![](/site/assets/files/7505/thumbnail_coin_bactra_imitation_athens.jpg) Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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![](/site/assets/files/16189/thumbnail_carthage_ivory_sphinx_bm.jpg) Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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![](/site/assets/files/1936/thumbnail_darius_seal.jpg) The seal of king Darius the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/6613/thumbnail_xanthus_payava2.jpg) Xanthus, Payava's tomb, Relief
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![](/site/assets/files/19949/thumbnail_bchp_politai_bm_46120.jpg) BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/66623/thumbnail_nineveh_assurbanipal_lion_hunt_bm20.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/19923/thumbnail_bchp18b_bm35189obe.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge
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![](/site/assets/files/1624/thumbnail_coin_tigranes_armenia.jpg) Coin of Tigranes II the Great of Armenia.
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![](/site/assets/files/19955/thumbnail_bchp_ruin_esagila_bm32248rev_2.jpg) BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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![](/site/assets/files/19941/thumbnail_bchp_end_seleucus_bm_32957rev.jpg) BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32957), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/66212/thumbnail_sippar_sun_god_tablet_bm4-1.jpg) Sippar, Temple of Šamaš, Tablet of the Sun god
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![](/site/assets/files/19929/thumbnail_bchp_antiochus_sin_rm_757_obv.jpg) BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/18050/thumbnail_sphinx.jpg) Persepolis, Palace of Artaxerxes, Relief of a sphinx
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![](/site/assets/files/19952/thumbnail_bchp_ruin_esagila_bm32248obv.jpg) BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19927/thumbnail_bchp_alexander_rev.jpg) BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/1512/thumbnail_inscr_priene_alexander.jpg) Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, "King Alexander dedicated this temple to Athena Polias"
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![](/site/assets/files/19933/thumbnail_bchp_arsacid_bm34124_obv.jpg) BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19943/thumbnail_bchp_euphrates_bm35031_rev.jpg) BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/15900/thumbnail_camels_salmanasser.jpg) Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels
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![](/site/assets/files/19922/thumbnail_bchp18b_bm35189o.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete
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![](/site/assets/files/2753/thumbnail_gaius_caesar_bust-bm.jpg) Gaius Caesar
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![](/site/assets/files/6256/thumbnail_mazaeus.jpg) Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion
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![](/site/assets/files/1466/thumbnail_xv_hali1.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase with an inscription of king Xerxes
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![](/site/assets/files/2783/thumbnail_skiron_vase_bm.jpg) Theseus kills Skiron
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![](/site/assets/files/8485/thumbnail_flood_tablet.jpg) The Flood Tablet
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![](/site/assets/files/7645/thumbnail_corinth_victory_actium_bm.jpg) Corinth, Monument for Octavian's victory at Actium
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![](/site/assets/files/19935/thumbnail_bchp_diadochi_10_obv.jpg) BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/66622/thumbnail_nineveh_assurbanipal_lion_hunt_bm14.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/21368/thumbnail_ephesus_temple_artemis_column_drum.jpg) Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Column drum
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![](/site/assets/files/46756/thumbnail_nineveh_assurbanipal_lion_hunt_bm07.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/18728/thumbnail_coin_pilate_bm.jpg) Coin of Pontius Pilate
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![](/site/assets/files/47675/thumbnail_elgin_marbles_e_pediment_horse_selene.jpg) Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Pediment, Horse of Selene
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![](/site/assets/files/60943/thumbnail_idalion_melqart_svii-vi_1_bm-1.jpg) Idalion, Melqart
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![](/site/assets/files/21777/thumbnail_xanthus_nereids2.jpg) Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids
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![](/site/assets/files/19257/thumbnail_xx_vv_chester.jpg) Chester, Antefix with the badge of XX Valeria Victrix, a boar
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![](/site/assets/files/19161/thumbnail_coin_gallienus_ii_adiutrix_bm.jpg) II Adiutrix' pegasus on a coin of Gallienus
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![](/site/assets/files/30728/thumbnail_ptolemy_i_bm.jpg) Ptolemy I Soter
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![](/site/assets/files/2304/thumbnail_marcus_aurelius.jpg) Marcus Aurelius
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![](/site/assets/files/19989/thumbnail_dyn_proph_bm40623_cols_vi_v.jpg) Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V
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![](/site/assets/files/2086/thumbnail_skins.jpg) Crossing a river on a raft made of animal skins. Assyrian relief from Nineveh.
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![](/site/assets/files/21437/thumbnail_mausoleum_quadriga.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Horse of the quadriga (by Pythis)
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![](/site/assets/files/21435/thumbnail_mausoleum_lion.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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![](/site/assets/files/18404/thumbnail_nineveh_sennacherib_phoenician_ship_bm.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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![](/site/assets/files/19945/thumbnail_bchp_india_bm32310obv.jpg) BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/3244/thumbnail_cyrus_cilinder.jpg) The Cyrus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/15649/thumbnail_babylonian_almanac.jpg) A Babylonian almanac, mentioning future positions of the planets (British Museum)
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![](/site/assets/files/5635/thumbnail_egypt_taharqa_bm1.jpg) Ram sphinx of Taharqo
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![](/site/assets/files/8488/thumbnail_vulture.jpg) Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Vulture
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![](/site/assets/files/19973/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl5.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/17498/thumbnail_a2ha.jpg) Hamadan, Achaemenid inscription A2Ha
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![](/site/assets/files/21424/thumbnail_halicarnassus_hunt.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mosaic of a hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/19959/thumbnail_bm33020-8_obv.jpg) BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/21426/thumbnail_halicarnassus_maus_capital_bm.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Capital
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![](/site/assets/files/17358/thumbnail_corinthian_helmet.jpg) Corinthian helmet
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![](/site/assets/files/18396/thumbnail_sack_tyre_salmaneser_iii_copy_bm.jpg) The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast)
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![](/site/assets/files/2924/thumbnail_aeschines.jpg) Aeschines
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![](/site/assets/files/18372/thumbnail_coin_vologases_ii.jpg) Vologases II
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![](/site/assets/files/19498/thumbnail_coin_leptis2_bm.jpg) Eshmun/Asclepius on a coin of Lepcis
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![](/site/assets/files/5506/thumbnail_coin_gondophares.jpg) Coin of Gondophares
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![](/site/assets/files/19497/thumbnail_coin_leptis1_bm.jpg) Lepcis Magna, Coin with the Temple of Shadrapa
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![](/site/assets/files/67138/thumbnail_ur_goat_bm.jpg) Ur, Royal Tombs, Ram in a Thicket
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![](/site/assets/files/8926/thumbnail_satrap.jpg) Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors
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![](/site/assets/files/10657/thumbnail_nabonidus_chronicle.jpg) ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/21778/thumbnail_xanthus_nereids3.jpg) Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of soldiers
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![](/site/assets/files/16266/thumbnail_diploma2.jpg) Diploma from Malpas (obverse)
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![](/site/assets/files/19940/thumbnail_bchp_end_seleucus_bm_32235rev.jpg) BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19925/thumbnail_bchp18c-bm48888.jpg) BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888)
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![](/site/assets/files/3063/thumbnail_jehu.jpg) Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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![](/site/assets/files/19954/thumbnail_bchp_ruin_esagila_bm32248rev_1.jpg) BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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![](/site/assets/files/17376/thumbnail_arsinoe_ii_bm2.jpg) Arsinoe II
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![](/site/assets/files/12785/thumbnail_coin_arsaces.jpg) Arsaces I
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![](/site/assets/files/19256/thumbnail_xx_vv.jpg) Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix
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![](/site/assets/files/19970/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl2.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/5682/thumbnail_assurbanipal.jpg) Assurbanipal
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![](/site/assets/files/19974/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl6.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/7256/thumbnail_nectanebo_ii_sarcophagus_bm.jpg) Saqqara, Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
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![](/site/assets/files/66649/thumbnail_ephesus_inscr_bm1a.jpg) Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Antoninus Pius
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![](/site/assets/files/18727/thumbnail_coin_philip_bm.jpg) Coin of Philip
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![](/site/assets/files/43239/thumbnail_veii_aplu_510-500_bm.jpg) Veii, Head of Aplu
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![](/site/assets/files/21429/thumbnail_mausoleum_amazon_frieze1.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/47674/thumbnail_elgin_marbles_w_pediment02.jpg) Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, West Pediment, Illisos
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![](/site/assets/files/19994/thumbnail_kinglist_bm35603_obv_1.jpg) Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19914/thumbnail_bchp18a-bm35229_ot.jpg) BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top
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![](/site/assets/files/6344/thumbnail_coin_m_agrippa.jpg) Coin of Agrippa
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![](/site/assets/files/7255/thumbnail_obelisk_nectanebo_ii_bm.jpg) Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II
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![](/site/assets/files/19946/thumbnail_bchp_india_bm32310rev.jpg) BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19960/thumbnail_bm33020-8_rev.jpg) BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/47433/thumbnail_nineveh_parthian_funerary_mask_siice_bm.jpg) Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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![](/site/assets/files/19972/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl4.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/19971/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl3.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/9931/thumbnail_coin_victorinus_bm.jpg) Coin of Victorinus
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![](/site/assets/files/15789/thumbnail_coin_ptolemy_iii_bm.jpg) Ptolemy III Euergetes
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![](/site/assets/files/1941/thumbnail_assurbanipal_hunt.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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![](/site/assets/files/19958/thumbnail_bchp_seleucus_iii_rev.jpg) BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/3992/thumbnail_helmet_punic_wars.jpg) Roman helmet from the age of the Punic Wars
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![](/site/assets/files/6898/thumbnail_hesiod_bm.jpg) Hesiod
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![](/site/assets/files/19934/thumbnail_bchp_arsacid_bm34124_rev.jpg) BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19924/thumbnail_bchp18c-bm48888-edge.jpg) BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge
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![](/site/assets/files/17393/thumbnail_ptolemy_arsinoe_ii_bm.jpg) Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
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![](/site/assets/files/8147/thumbnail_claudius_bm.jpg) Claudius
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![](/site/assets/files/1937/thumbnail_darius_seal2.jpg) Drawing of the seal of king Darius the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/21430/thumbnail_mausoleum_amazon_frieze2.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/19984/thumbnail_bchp_jur_ue_34-35.jpg) BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35
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![](/site/assets/files/45986/thumbnail_nimrud_assurnasirpal_ii_lamassu_3_bm.jpg) Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Lamassu
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![](/site/assets/files/19937/thumbnail_bchp_dynastic_bm_32171_obv.jpg) BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse
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![](/site/assets/files/20006/thumbnail_tiglath-pileser_iii_bm.jpg) Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III
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![](/site/assets/files/19951/thumbnail_bchp_ptolemy_iii_bm_34428rev.jpg) BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/21779/thumbnail_xanthus_nereids5.jpg) Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene
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![](/site/assets/files/19915/thumbnail_bchp18a-bm35229ob2.jpg) BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom
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![](/site/assets/files/21423/thumbnail_halicarnassus_city.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mosaic of the city goddess
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![](/site/assets/files/46974/thumbnail_lachish_relief_8.jpg) Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Assyrian Camp
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![](/site/assets/files/41930/thumbnail_shamshi-adad_v_bm.jpg) Nimrud, Temple of Nabu, Šamši-Adad V
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![](/site/assets/files/6951/thumbnail_apotheosis_homer_3.jpg) Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Upper tier
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![](/site/assets/files/21436/thumbnail_mausoleum_maussolus2.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus
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![](/site/assets/files/17394/thumbnail_ptolemy_ii_bm.jpg) Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp
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![](/site/assets/files/13397/thumbnail_pliny_horse.jpg) Xanten, Pliny's bridle
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![](/site/assets/files/11563/thumbnail_signa.jpg) Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula)
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![](/site/assets/files/18723/thumbnail_bar_kochba_coin1.jpg) Coin of Bar Kochba (with temple and Messianic star)
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![](/site/assets/files/21431/thumbnail_mausoleum_amazon_frieze3.jpg) Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/19975/thumbnail_antiochus_cyl7.jpg) Antiochus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/1313/thumbnail_coin_seleucus.jpg) Coin of Seleucus Nicator.
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![](/site/assets/files/17382/thumbnail_coin_antiochus_iii_the_great.jpg) Coin of Antiochus III the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/17375/thumbnail_arsinoe_ii_bm.jpg) Arsinoe II
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![](/site/assets/files/3498/thumbnail_firealtar_sassanid.jpg) A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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![](/site/assets/files/19920/thumbnail_bchp18b-bm35189otl.jpg) BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top
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![](/site/assets/files/21083/thumbnail_coin_gallia_comata_bm.jpg) Coin of Caesar, showing a Gallic captive
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![](/site/assets/files/4456/thumbnail_tiberius_bm.jpg) Tiberius
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![](/site/assets/files/3248/thumbnail_europa_babylon_bm.jpg) Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull
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![](/site/assets/files/19983/thumbnail_bchp_jur_rev_19-33.jpg) BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33
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![](/site/assets/files/6927/thumbnail_homer.jpg) Homer
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![](/site/assets/files/19930/thumbnail_bchp_antiochus_sin_rm_757_rev.jpg) BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
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![](/site/assets/files/19916/thumbnail_bchp18ab_combined.jpg) BCHP 18BA Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189 and BM35229)
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![](/site/assets/files/17015/thumbnail_mask_of_german.jpg) Mask of a German
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![](/site/assets/files/6255/thumbnail_coin_clodius_macer_bm.jpg) Lucius Clodius Macer
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![](/site/assets/files/7643/thumbnail_actium_prow_bm.jpg) Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium
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![](/site/assets/files/17360/thumbnail_helmet_etruria_syracuse.jpg) Syracuse, Etruscan helmet, dedicated by Hiero to the gods after the battle of Cumae
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![](/site/assets/files/15787/thumbnail_astr_diaries_273bce_first_syrian_war_bm.jpg) Astronomical diary, referring to financial measures during the First Syrian War
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![](/site/assets/files/9910/thumbnail_julia_domna_bm.jpg) Cameo of Julia Domna as Luna
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