Excavation Collection

Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Navvies excavating the cutting. Wheelbarrows are filled with spoil at the bottom

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Excavations of an ancient cemetery at Helmingham, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Excavations of an ancient cemetery at Helmingham, Suffolk, 1864. '...the present Rector, [Rev. George Cardew] fancying he could perceive everywhere traces of very early occupation

Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: general view of the excavations, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: general view of the excavations, 1864. Engraving from a photograph '...placed at our disposal by the Rev

Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of '...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian

Tank in New York Court House excavation, 1 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Tank in New York Court House excavation, 1 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). The British tank Britannia which served on the Flanders front in World War I

Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910.

Sado Province, The Goldmines, 1853. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Sado Province, The Goldmines, 1853

Contre des villes Ouvertes; Les fouilles, pour retrouver la projectile, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Contre des villes Ouvertes; Les fouilles, pour retrouver la projectile, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, at an excavation in Egypt, 1860. Creator: Willem de Famars Testas
Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, at an excavation in Egypt, 1860. French aristocrat with Egyptian boy

The Baths of Caracalla and Three Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Baths of Caracalla and Three Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip originally drew his spectacular panorama of the Baths of Caracalla

Scene of the Geological Discoveries at Swanage, Dorset - from a photograph by F. Briggs, 1857. The excavations...are interesting as the scene of important geological discoveries [including] the jaws

Front elevation of house at Brahmunabad, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Front elevation of house at Brahmunabad, 1857. Ancient city in what is now Pakistan, excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

Ground plan of one of the houses excavated at Brahmunabad, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Ground plan of one of the houses excavated at Brahmunabad, 1857. Ancient city in what is now Pakistan, excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

Sand Excavation, 1839. Creator: Johannes Tavenraat
Sand Excavation, 1839

Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10. Creator: Unknown
Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10

Famous Cucaracha slide, Panama Canal, c.between 1910 and 1914. Creator: Unknown
Famous Cucaracha slide, Panama Canal, c.between 1910 and 1914

Persecution Portal, Ephesus, c.1820. Creator: Unknown
Persecution Portal, Ephesus, c.1820

Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, 1913
Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, Cut in March 1913. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Panama Canal, 1904. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1904. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1904. Isthmian Canal - Looking North from Sta. K547 - Culebra. Dec. 20, 1904'. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. Railway lines with earthmoving equipment. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

The Great Sphinx as now cleared from the encumbering sand, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Great Sphinx as now cleared from the encumbering sand, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Another recently discovered Statue of Ramses II at Luxor, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Another recently discovered Statue of Ramses II at Luxor, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Discovery of a Colossal Statue of Ramses II near Aboukir, Egypt, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Discovery of a Colossal Statue of Ramses II near Aboukir, Egypt, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Recent Excavations at Pompeii, Italy - The Street of Tombs, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Recent Excavations at Pompeii, Italy - The Street of Tombs, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Vale leading to Inkerman, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Vale leading to Inkerman, 1854. Crimean War, ruins at Kalamita. Here is truly a city of caverns, for the white rocks that look over the bay of Aktiar (which, translated, signifies White Rocks)

Recently-discovered remains of the Alexandrian Library, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Recently-discovered remains of the Alexandrian Library, 1854. Archaeological remains in the city of Alexandria, Egypt....a few months since

General view of Paris, taken from Chaillot hill, current 16th and 7th arrondissements, 1818. Creator: Seyfert
General view of Paris, taken from Chaillot hill, current 16th and 7th arrondissements, 1818

Arenes de Lutece (panorama), 5th arrondissement, Paris, 1870. Creator: Pierre Emonds
Arenes de Lutece (panorama), 5th arrondissement, Paris, 1870

Excavation near Citta Vecchia, in the Island of Malta, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Excavation near Citta Vecchia, in the Island of Malta, 1850. Archaeological site containing a temple. The cave is hewn out in the solid rock...The cavity consists of three large compartments

The Prince of Wales Visit to Egypt: the Sphinx at Djizeh and the recent excavations around... 1862 Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales Visit to Egypt: the Sphinx at Djizeh and the recent excavations around it - from a drawing by Frank Dillon, 1862. The future King Edward VII in Africa

Lake Baikal, rock and excavation near the pier of Mysovaya station, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Lake Baikal, rock and excavation near the pier of Mysovaya station, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

The Ancient Sphinx and Recent Excavations, Giza, Egypt, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Ancient Sphinx and Recent Excavations, Giza, Egypt, c1930s. Limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, with the body of a lion and the head of a human

Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Snow in April. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece known as Lacedaemon

Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing a Sumerian War-Chariot, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. The main panels are known as War and Peace

Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Artist: N Chevalier
Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Between 1845 and 1851 British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894)

Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. A. Bingham Wright, of one of two seats, '...which appear by the inscriptions on them to have belonged

Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. A. Bingham Wright, of one of two seats, '...which appear by the inscriptions on them to have belonged

Roman leaden coffin found in Bethnal-Green, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Roman leaden coffin found in Bethnal-Green, [east London], 1862. As Mr. Buckmaster, weaver...was digging in a corner of his garden...he uncovered a leaden coffin about 4ft. from the surface

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn. 1942
Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn

U. S. Treasury before completion. Washington, D. C. ca. 1860. Creator: Unknown
U.S. Treasury before completion. Washington, D.C. ca. 1860

Excavation Pompeii, Italy, 1891. Creator: BW Kilburn
Excavation Pompeii, Italy, 1891. Albumen silver print, stereocard

Steam Shovel at Work in Culebra Cut, 1912. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Steam Shovel at Work in Culebra Cut, 1912

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