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  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch07-20-04-2016.jpg
  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch05-20-04-2016.jpg
  • A plastic drinks bottle hangs from a food kiosk opposite ancient Roman archaeology in the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    rome_drink-03-11-1999.jpg
  • The scale replica of the 2,000 year-old Arch of Triumph in London's Trafalgar Square. The arch has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch. It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
    palmyra_arch01-20-04-2016.jpg
  • City workers take a break below the Roman archaeology showing the Goddess Minerva on Walbrook, City of London, founded by the Romans in AD43.
    minerva_hoarding01-24-10-2013.jpg
  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
    pompeii03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Local traffic in the main square opposite the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt, seen from a first storey cafe.
    egypt194-03-03-2016.jpg
  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt164-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Portrait of a local guide near the colossi of Pharaohs at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt144-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Detail in the British Museum of an Assyrian formal scene, from, about 865-860 BC from the ancient city of Nimrud. In one scene the king appears as conqueror with bow and arrows, flanked by guman attendants.
    british_museum05-14-01-2016.jpg
  • 135 metres (443 ft) above central London, passengers enjoy panoramic views of the capital aboard a London Eye flight.
    london_time14-03-09-2008.jpg
  • Tourist groups stand and photograph beneath the giant colossus in the Court of Ramesses II, at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt181-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Visitors and the South Stairs of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-19-12-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-10-11-04-2018.jpg
  • The Roman marble statue of a youth on horseback (c. 1st century AD) and possibly representing a prince of the ruling Julio-Claudian Dynasty, part of the Farnese Collection, now in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-32-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Schoolboys visiting the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum sit on a bench in front of Rondanini Faun, a 2nd century Roman statue, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-17-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt424-07-03-2016.jpg
  • A detail of the seated statue of Pharaoh Thutmose III at the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh.
    egypt290-05-03-2016.jpg
  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
    british_museum-04-28-02-2017.jpg
  • A young Egyptian man on a horse passes in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt548-10-03-2016.jpg
  • Tourists on rented bikes cycle past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt246-04-03-2016.jpg
  • A caretaker sweeps dusty steps at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt150-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Egyptian tourists buy snacks from a local man in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.  The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt95-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Tourism and antitquities Police hut and tourists at the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt41-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Muslim visitor takes a photo with a smartphone of  a giant Assyrian Winged human-headed lion from about 865-860BC from the ancient city of Numrud. This protective spirit guarded the entrance into what may have been a banquet hall.
    british_museum08-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Two days after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a truck bomb on Bishopsgate, a main arterial road that travels north-south through London's financial area, City of London engineering officials examine the huge crater left by the terrorist device. We see debris around the hole with drainage and road material. It was said that Roman remains could be viewed at the bottom of the pit the bomb created. One person was killed when the one ton fertiliser bomb detonated directly outside the medieval St Ethelburga's church. Buildings up to 500 metres away were damaged, with one and a half million square feet (140,000 m²) of office space being affected and over 500 tonnes of glass broken. Costs of repairing the damage was estimated at £350 million. It was possibly the (IRA's) most successful military tactic since the start of the Troubles.
    city_london10-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts in the Greek and Roman room at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum30-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-04-26-11-2017.jpg
  • Schoolchildren wearing hi-vis jackets work on projects in the British Museum,on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-10-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt418-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The tall columns in the Hypostyle hall at the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Karnak Temple Complex is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 200 acres. It comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. The Hypostyle hall, at 54,000 square feet (16,459 meters) and featuring 134 columns, is still the largest room of any religious building in the world.
    egypt285-05-03-2016.jpg
  • n Egyptian tourist take photos under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt188-03-03-2016.jpg
  • A local guide at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt166-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Guards await tourists near Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. According to the country's Ministery of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt  is down by up to 80% in 2016 after the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
    egypt52-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Muslim visitor takes a photo with a smartphone of a pair of giant Assyrian protective spirits - an Ugallu - or great Lion, preceded by what may be a House God from about 700-692BC from the ancient city of Nineveh,
    british_museum11-14-01-2016.jpg
  • US Air airliner cabin floor and magazine in arid Sonoran Desert at Mojave airport facility, awaiting recycling for scrap value.
    aviation_graveyard05-16-03-2008.jpg
  • The reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, now beneath Bloomberg's new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-01-26-11-2017.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt414-07-03-2016.jpg
  • A local Egyptian man walks past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt250-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Hieroglyphs on columns at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt160-03-03-2016.jpg
  • Hieroglyphs on the first pylon at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt61-01-03-2016.jpg
  • The Arch of Germanicus, an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19AD by a rich citizen of the town (then known as Mediolanum Santonum), C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to the emperor Tiberius, his son Drusus Julius Caesar, and his adoptive son Germanicus. It has two bays and was originally sited over the terminus of the Roman road from Lyon to Saintes. On the proposal of Prosper Mérimée in 1843 it was moved fifteen metres during works on quays along the river, and it was restored in 1851.
    saintes_arch01-30-06-2014.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum14-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Schoolchildren work on projects about Eyptian Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-13-28-02-2017.jpg
  • After being attacked by wild dogs, the mummified remains of an early Christian child propped up aginst the tomb wall rem at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt423-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt412-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Egyptians in a minibus drive past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt249-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Young Egyptians pass in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple with the Mosque of Abu el-Haggag's, far right, Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt98-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Guards and a few tourists near Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt50-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-08-11-04-2018.jpg
  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt563-10-03-2016.jpg
  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt561-10-03-2016.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt413-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The tall columns in the Hypostyle hall at the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Karnak Temple Complex is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 200 acres. It comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. The Hypostyle hall, at 54,000 square feet (16,459 meters) and featuring 134 columns, is still the largest room of any religious building in the world.
    egypt288-05-03-2016.jpg
  • Tourism and antitquities Police hut and tourists at the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
    egypt40-01-03-2016.jpg
  • Fading, graduated light of the arid Sonoran desert shows the remains of airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California, their silhouettes forming a line of aviation's by-gone era. Because of age or a cooling economy they are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903...
    aviation_corbis41-15-08-1998.jpg
  • A landscape void of tourists of the giant colossus of Pharaoh Ramesses ll and Bintanat at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministery of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt  is down by up to 80% in 2016 after the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
    egypt299-05-03-2016.jpg
  • Women tourists walk past tall Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt59-01-03-2016.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of a Boeing airliner sat the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world's retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_graveyard04-16-03-2008-15-0...jpg
  • Elite ceremonial soldiers called Evzones or Proedriki Froura (Presidential Guard), parade on Acropolis Hill, Athens. This special contingent of the light infantry unit are on duty at the Acropolis during the national holiday of 'No Day,' celebrating the day when Mussolini was denied a marching route through Greece in 1941. The Acropolis was once the centre of classical Greek culture which the world has inherited for its laws and philosophical thinking. Mounted above the Athenian city within fortified 60m high walls, its history is a World Heritage Site, important because of its "universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex." The establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world.
    greek_olympiad012-23-10_2003.jpg
  • B-52 Cold War bombers of the US Air Force lie abandoned at Davis-Monthan aircraft graveyard awaiting recycling for scrap..
    B52s_graveyard01-15-08-1998.jpg
  • 135 metres (443 ft) above central London, passengers enjoy panoramic views of the capital aboard a London Eye flight.
    london_time18-03-09-2008.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of Boeing 747 airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world?s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis40-15-08-1998.jpg
  • Rusting Europropulsion Ariane 5 rocket booster parts lie on tropical wasteland at European Space Agency's Kourou space center.
    esa_guiana17915-08-2007.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    british_museum16-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum33-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Visitors admire the Rosetta Stone in Room 4 of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-06-11-04-2018.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-23-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-05-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors ignore the antiquities of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-24-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors selfie under Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-18-27-02-2017.jpg
  • A woman visitor photographs the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
    british_museum-11-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    british_museum-08-27-02-2017.jpg
  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
    egypt564-10-03-2016.jpg
  • A young Egyptian family walk away from the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.  The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Young Egyptian women walk in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A dusty landscape of palm trees and the Sacred Lake at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • The tall columns in the Hypostyle hall at the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Karnak Temple Complex is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 200 acres. It comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. The Hypostyle hall, at 54,000 square feet (16,459 meters) and featuring 134 columns, is still the largest room of any religious building in the world.
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  • Detail of hieroglyphs showing ancient armies at the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Karnak Temple Complex is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 200 acres. It comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu.
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  • Egyptian women under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • A detail of wooden supports and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • A local guide sips water near the colossi of Pharaohs at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • A nuts and seeds stallholder pushes his cart towards arriving tourists in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Hieroglyphs on the first pylon at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • Hieroglyphs on the first pylon at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • Detail in the British Museum of an Assyrian formal scene, from, about 865-860 BC from the ancient city of Nimrud. In one scene the king appears as conqueror with bow and arrows, flanked by guman attendants.
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  • Collapsed section of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • WIde landscape of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • In an archaeologists' shed at the site of further excavations in Pompeii, Italy, the bones of an ancient Roman citizen is spread out on a metal sheet after being uncovered from Volcanic ash and pumice. Pompeii was buried beneath metres of toxic material from Mount Versuvius in May AD79 and this person was suffocated then crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be examined for desease yielding clues as to its lifestyle and eating habits. The skeletal remains are clearly identifiable with spinal column vertibrae, one jaw still containing teeth and various pieces of bone have been recovered. Many bodies littered a rooftop here proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • In the foreground a local dog lies down in the afternoon heat on rutted ancient Roman flag stones while in the background tourists walk down the old highway in Pompeii, Italy. Next to his exhausted body, the grooved ruts carved by wooden wheels can still be seen next to a large stepping stone which let chariots ride over the stone yet allowed pedestrians to step over the road. Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. It was completely buried during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. The volcano covered Pompeii under many metres of ash, and it was lost for over 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is a main tourist attraction of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pompeii has become a popular tourist destination; with approximately 2.5 million visitors a year, it is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The .brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic...
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  • Visitors to the ancient site of Stonehenge celebrate the Summer Solstice on the morning of June 21st - the longest day - by dancing in circles while holding hands. The Stonehenge site is a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids and those following pagan or neo-pagan beliefs. The midsummer sunrise began attracting modern visitors in 1870s. Today the stones are owned by English Heritage, the guardians of ancient and historical structures. Most years, substantial police and barriers prevent on-lookers from approaching the stones but on this occasion, revellers were allowed to party long after the early 4.15am sunrise. Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire. Composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones it is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think that the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC and served as an outdoor observatory from where to watch the constellations. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.
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  • Airliner and jet engines in mid-day heat of arid Sonoran Desert at Mojave airport facility, awaiting recycling for scrap value.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, can once again enjoy the historical artifacts, including the Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a visitor to the British Museum wearing a face covering reads decriptions of an ancient Greek vase that depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis along with imaginary animals (Athens, c580BC) by painter, Sophilos, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at this poluar London attraction.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first young visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the Elgin Marbles and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the ancient Greek Parthenon's Elgin Marbles Metopes and other historical artifacts in the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
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