archaeological sites

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta de Campo Vaccino

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins in the foreground of the Campo Vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus to the left and three columns on the right. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins. E... More

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Veduta del tempio de Bacco

Print shows an exterior view of the Temple of Bacchus in Rome, Italy. Exhibited: "From La Serenissima to the Eternal City : The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome" at The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's C... More

Templi Concordie inter Capito. et forum R. reliquiae

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[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with three men in conversation, two are holding long spears, in the left foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the col... More

Veduta dell' arco di Costantino, e dell' anfiteatro Flavio detto il co...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins with the Arch of Constantine in the foreground and the Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum in the background, with numbered key. Some of the men appear to be examining the r... More

A B vue des restes interieurs d'un des pronaos du temple de Neptune .....

View of the interior of the temple of Neptune, with lettered key. Title from shelflist card. Vertical crease down center. Planche XIII. Béraldi, 13.

Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita...

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. LeBlanc, no. 17. Nagler, no. 17. Béraldi, no. 14. Published in: La vedute di Roma / Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1748(?), v. 2, frontispiece.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - [Remains of a Roman sepulchre]

Illus. in: Le antichità romane / opera di Giambatista Piranesi. Roma : Nella stamperia di A. Rotilj, 1756. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Wa... More

[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with two men in conversation, one is holding a long spear, between the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (A) on the left and the Temple of Bacchus (B) on the right, ... More

[Interior view of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, plate 13]

Print shows several men, a cow, and a dog barking at a donkey transporting two barrels, among the columns of the Temple of Neptune in Campania (Paestum), Italy, with lettered key identifying elements of the str... More

[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with two men holding long spears in the foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (D)... More

[The ruins of Balbec] / [Bo]rra Arch del. ; T. [Major sculp].

Print shows a panoramic view of the ruins of Baʻlabakk, with columns of the Temple of Jupiter (D), the Temple of Bacchus (E), and a river on the left, post-Roman Muslim Arab buildings on the right, and mountain... More

City of Baccus [Bacchias] on the Lake Moeris [Birket Qarun].

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Dimostrazione in grande delle parti del Tempio della Fortvna Virile

Column capital and entablature. Cf. no. 520. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Semoni sanco deo fidio sacrvm. Aiscvlapio avgvsto sacrum

XIV. Nelle passate Tavole ho rappresentato il Mausoleo e Ponte Elio Adriano, co gli avanzi dell' antico Ponte Trionfale a questo contiguo.. nella presente figura la situazione degli altri due Ponti Quattro Capi... More

Dimostrazione dell'avanzo de' portici ch'erano d'innanzi ai Septi Givl...

Plan and elevation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione di vna parte de portici del second'ordine del Teatro di ...

XXXV. Dimostrazione di una parte de' portici del second'ordine del Teatro di Marcello Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Pianta dell'avanzo del Teatro di Marcello

XXVI. Pianta dell'avanzo del Teatro di Marcello.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande delle parti del second'ordine del Teatro di Ma...

XXXVII. Dimostrazione in grande delle parti del second'ordine del Teatro di Marcello Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande di alcvne delle parti del prim'ordine del serr...

The so-called Curia Hostilia. Cf. no. 524. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande di quella parte di sustruzioni che nella tav. ...

XI. Dimostrazione in grande di quella parte di sustruzioni che nella tav. IX si accenna con la lettera B Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione dell odierno avanzo del Teatro di Pompeo

Plan, section and detail of the remains of seating. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Avanzi di un Collegio di Silvano Aureliano distanti circa quattro migl...

View, plan and inscriptions. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fig. I. Profilo del Tempio della Fortuna Virile

With longitudinal section. Cf. no. 520. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande di quella parte di sustruzioni che nella tav. ...

X. Dimostrazione in grande di quella parte di sustruzione che nella Tav. IX si accenna con la lettera A Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande della modinatvra della cornice della parte opp...

XLIV. Dimostrazione in grande della modinatura della cornice della parte opposta della facciata del Portico d'Ottavia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. Pianta degli avanzi del Portico fabbricato da M. Emilio Lepido, e P...

With section and details. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sezione del serraglio delle fiere fabbricato da Domiziano

The so-called Curia Hostilia. Cf. no. 524. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Il Tevere - F, Italy - A drawing of a clock on a piece of paper

V. A. Pianta dell'avanzo del Mausoleo di Adriano Impre.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Pianta del Tempio di Giunone dentro i Portici d'Ottavia

XLIV. Pianta del Tempio di Giunone dentro i Portici d'Ottavia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. Pianta dell'avanzo del Portico di Filippo

With elevation and section. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of monumental architecture design drawing, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Descrizione e disegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano di Gio Batista Pi...

Title page: Descrizione e disegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano di Gio Batista Piranesi Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande delle parti Tempio della Fortvna Virile

Column base. Cf. no. 520. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fig. I. Pianta del Tempio ella Fortuna Virile fabbricato da Servio Tul...

Temple of Virile Fortune is now thought to be that of Portunus. With front elevation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande del criptoportico accennato nella tav. IX con ...

XII. Dimostrazione in grande del criptoportico accennato nella tav. IX con la lettera C Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Principal group of the Pyramids of Meroe.

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Veduta dell'avanzo di una delle pile del Ponte Trionfale

XIII. Veduta dell'avanzo di una delle pile del Ponte Trionfale.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande di alcvne delle parti del second'ordine del Se...

The so-called Curia Hostilia. Cf. no. 524. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Del Tempio di Givnone dentro i Portici d'Ottavia

Elevation of porch and longitudinal section. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande del capitello di vna delle colonne del Tempio ...

XLV. Dimostrazione in grande del capitello di una delle colonne del Tempio di Giunone dentro i Portici d'Ottavia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sezione traversale de' cvnei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello

XXXI. Sezione traversale de' cunei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grade di alcune delle parti Doriche del primo ordine ...

Reconstruction of some details of the Doric parts of the first order of the Theater of Marcellus Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dimostrazione in grande delle parti del second'ordine del Teatro di Ma...

XXXVI. Dimostrazione in grande delle parti del second'ordine del Teatro di Marcello Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dopo il Trattato de' Ponti, e dell'Isola Tiberina segue la dimostrazio...

Plan of the remains of the auditorium of the Theater. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Spaccato degli speroni, i quali servono di contrafforti al gran fondam...

VII. Spaccato degli speroni, i quali servono di contrafforti al gran fondamento del Mauso. d'Elio Adriano Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Prospettiva della scala della conserva d'acqua de' già detti alloggiam...

XIV: Prospettiva della scala della conserva d'acqua de' già detti alloggiamenti, accennati in pianta nella Tav. XIII con la lett. G. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sezione prospettica dell'Anfiteatro Albano, presa su la linea DIH dell...

XII: Sezione prospettica dell'Anfiteatro Albano.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Pianta e sezione della conserva dell'acqua degli alloggiamenti accenna...

XIII: Pianta e sezione della conserva dell'acqua degli alloggiamenti accennati nella topografia della tav. XII con la lett. I.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Pianta e sezione dell'istessa piscina esistente nella vigna de' P.P. d...

XXIII. Pianta e sezione dell'istessa piscina esistente nella vigna de' P.P. della Comag.a di Gesù à Castel Gandolfo.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

L'istesso sepolcro delineato nella Tav. V

The so-called Tomb of the Horatii and Curatii. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fig I. Sezione del monte, Italy

XVI: Sezione dimostrativa della faccia del muro divisorio della piscina e delle conserve della Tav. XV.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Disegno degli avanzi d'un'antica piscina e delle conserve dell'acqua d...

XV: Disegno degli avanzi d'un'antica piscina e delle conserve dell'acqua della medesima.. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sepolcro antico su la Via Appia

XXVI. A. Sepolcro antico su la Via Appia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. Pianta dell'istesso sepolcro. B. Via appia accennata nella preceden...

The so-called Tomb of the Horatii and Curatii. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Stanza rinvenuta l'anno 1758, fra le rovine d'un'antica vila su la via...

XXVI. B. A. Stanza rinvenuta l'anno 1758, fra le rovine d'un'antica vila su la via Appia, alle Frattocchie presso Albano; donde si è scoperta l'antica maniera di riscaldare e rinfrescare le abitazioni.. Courtes... More

Prospettiva della piscina delle mediseme conserve fatta a seconda de n...

XVII: Prospettiva della piscina delle mediseme conserve fatta a seconda de num. 3 e 4 della Tav. XV Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delinea...

XVIII: A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delineate nella Tav. XV Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Avanzi di una sala termale nella villa di Cicerone a Mola di Gaeta Ros...

Illustration shows tourists visiting the ruins of Cicero's villa in Formia, Italy, formerly known as Mola di Gaeta. Illus. in: Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli : colle principali vedute di ambedue le città,... More

Ercolano. Nuovi scavi. Nouvelles fouilles Giac. Lenghi lit. ; Giac. Le...

Print showing tourists exploring the ruins of Herculaneum in Italy. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Gift Juanita La Lande Sept. 10 1940. Gift; Miss Juanita La Lande; 1940 September 10; (DLC/PP-400150) Forms part... More

Basilica a Pompei - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing two people sitting among the ruins at Pompeii. Title inscribed in pencil on mount. Lenghi no. 5178-1. Stamped on verso: Geo. L. Bradley collection. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing ... More

Valley of Tombs of Kings. Thebes

People and pack animals make their way along road on the floor of the Valley of Kings, Egypt.

Le colisée à Rome / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Himely sculps.

View of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 35. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

L'acropolis à Athènes / daguérreotype Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; A...

View of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 21. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Le parthenon à Athènes / daguérreotype Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; ...

View of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 22. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Louis Haghe - Valley of Tombs of Kings. Thebes

People and pack animals make their way along road on the floor of the Valley of Kings, Egypt. No. 1856. On verso: Thebes. Valley of the Tombs of the Kings.

Book illustration - Carved wooden beam. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 18...

Book illustration - Interior of an apartment. Book by John Lloyd Steph...

Southern end of Casa del Gobernador.

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Book illustration - Building (Casa No.2). Book by John Lloyd Stephens ...

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Portion of a richly-sculptured façade.

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Book illustration - Gateway at Mucuyché. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1...

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Book illustration - Triumphal arch. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1805-1...

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Entwined serpents over a doorway.

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Part of the façade of the Monjas.

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Book illustration - House of the Turtles. Book by John Lloyd Stephens ...

Book illustration - Circular edifice. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1805...

Book illustration - Interior of an apartment. Book by John Lloyd Steph...

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West front of the House of the Dwarf.

Southeast corner of the Monjas.

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Book illustration - Building (Casa No. 1). Book by John Lloyd Stephens...

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Book illustration - House of Birds. Book by John Lloyd Stephens 1805-1...

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David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Gaza, March 21st 1839 / David Roberts, R...

Gaza, Palestine. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. ... More

Book illustration - Building (Casa No.3). Book by John Lloyd Stephens ...

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Book illustration - Front of the Casa de Palamos. Book by John Lloyd S...

East front of the House of the Dwarf.

Francis Frith - [Pylon, Temple of Isis, Philae]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 26, lower left. Frith no. 1840.

[Temple of Gurneh, Thebes] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 25, lower right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Areopagus. Mars Hill. Temple of Theseus / D. Constantin.

View toward Temple of Theseus (Hephaisteion) from the Areopagus (Mars Hill). In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p.11.

Temple of Athene Nike. Venus Victrix--Wingless Victory / D. Constantin...

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 12.

Odeum of Herodes Atticus - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 9. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

The Pnyx. Museon Hill - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 10.

Portico. Denderah Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, lower left. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

[Kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's Bed)]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 26, upper right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

[Interior of Temple of Medinet Habu, Thebes

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, lower left. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Temple of the Winds - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 3. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

Francis Frith - Karnak, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, upper left. Frith no. 1875.

Temple of the Mysteries, Eleusis / D. Constantin á Athénes.

Men standing among ruins, Temple of the Mysteries. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 16.

Francis Frith - Sculptures. Denderah

Sculpture and hieroglyphics from Temple of Hathor, Dandarah. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, upper right. Frith no. 1903.

Arch of Hadrian / D. Constantin á Athénes.

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 7. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

[Ruins of temple(?)] Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 27, upper left. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.