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Archaeological sites

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 20 April 1904

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/40
Scope and Contents

Ridgeway reports that he has been in Ireland examining the other objects found along with the three horse skulls in the 'crannog discovery'. He writes that he and Coffey have dated them between the eighth and tenth centuries. He mentions a letter from Walter Harris concerning his enquiries about callosities on the legs of horses in Tangier.

Dates: 20 April 1904

Palace of Cortez, Cuernavaca, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/695
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Palace of Cortez at Cuernavaca, Mexico in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Photo album of Alexander Falconer Giles and family, 1898-1919

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1828/6/1
Scope and Contents Photorgaph album containing approx. 120 pictures, one postcard and five house plans. One postcard from Paris representing a Notre-Dame gargoyle, sent to Alexander F. Giles in 1914 Greek archaeological sites in Eleusis, Mycenae and Corinth, undated Two group pictures of officers at Skateraw Camp, 1905-1906 Photographs of Scottish scenery, such as the...
Dates: 1898-1919

Photograph album entitled "Roma", 18 March 1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/Dalyell Binns S.75
Scope and Contents

Album containing sepia photographs showing famous streets, buildings (inside and outside), and archaeological sites in Rome in the 19th century, including the Colosseum, the Forum, St Peter's Basilica, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Trevi Fountain, etc. The album also contains photographs of sculptures and paintings kept in Rome.


There date "18th March 1893" has been written by an unknown person on the first page of the album.

Dates: 18 March 1893
Coll-20/1/9/9: The Temple of Jupiter Olympus with the Acropolis in the distance. Athens
Coll-20/1/9/9: The Temple of Jupiter Olymp...

Photographs and Diaries of John Shaw Smith

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-250
Identifier: Coll-20
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: a folder containing a typescript copy of a diary of a journey from Italy to the Holy Land, covering the period 18 December 1850 to 6 September 1852; two microfilms of diaries covering the period 1849 to 1850; and five boxes of photographs showing scenes of Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, Rome, Pompei, Athens, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Petra, and more.

Dates: 1849-1852

Postcard to James Cossar Ewart from E.A [Armande], 11 May 1925

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/4
Scope and Contents

[Armande] writes that he is sending Ewart a pamphlet on the polled cattle in Europe, as he is aware that Ewart found some skulls of polled cattle among Roman remains.

Author's signature is unclear.

Dates: 11 May 1925

Section 2: Rome, c 1850-1852

 Series
Identifier: Coll-20/1/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of five boxes of photographs showing scenes of Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, Rome, Pompei, Athens, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Petra, and more.

Dates: c 1850-1852

Section 3: Rome (cont.), c 1850-1852

 Series
Identifier: Coll-20/1/3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of five boxes of photographs showing scenes of Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, Rome, Pompei, Athens, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Petra, and more.

Dates: c 1850-1852

Section 4: Environs of Rome, c 1850-1852

 Series
Identifier: Coll-20/1/4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of five boxes of photographs showing scenes of Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, Rome, Pompei, Athens, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Petra, and more.

Dates: c 1850-1852