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.
 BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge
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 Susa, Inscription DSe
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 BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse
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 Persepolis, Palace of Artaxerxes, Relief of a sphinx
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 Ram sphinx of Taharqo
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 Xanthus, Payava's tomb, Relief
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 Coin of Pontius Pilate
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 Syracuse, Etruscan helmet, dedicated by Hiero to the gods after the battle of Cumae
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 Vologases II
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse
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 BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse
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 Ptolemy I Soter
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene
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 Crossing a river on a raft made of animal skins. Assyrian relief from Nineveh.
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 Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, Inscription mentioning Julia, daughter of the emperor Titus
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), obverse
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 Lincoln, Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
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 Ur, Royal Tombs, Standard
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 Antiochus Cylinder (Drawing by Pinches)
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 BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse
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 BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of Phobos
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 Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left
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 BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse
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 Claudius
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 Coin of King Herod the Great
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 Cyrene, Temple of Aphrodite, Relief of the nymph killing a lion
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 Arsaces I
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 Bust of Ulpia Marciana
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 Eshmun/Asclepius on a coin of Lepcis
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 ABC 9: Artaxerxes III Chronicle
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 A lion and an anchor on a Babylonian coin of Seleucus
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 BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888)
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 Sippar, Temple of Šamaš, Tablet of the Sun god
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 Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Antoninus Pius
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 Coin of Agrippa
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Chaldaeans
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse
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 BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse
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 Corinthian helmet
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Reclining Gods
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 Hadrian's Wall, Relief with the emblems of II Augusta (Capricorn and Pegasus)
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 Ephesus, temple of Artemis, Capital
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 Nimrud, Relief of the god Aššur
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle tier, Muses
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 Pericles
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 BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Assyrian Camp
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 Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part
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 Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina
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 BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Reverse
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 Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium
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 Ur, Royal Tombs, Ram in a Thicket
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse
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 BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse
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 Palmyra, Šadrafa
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 ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top
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 Rhodes, Relief of a soldier (archaizing)
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier
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 BCHP 18BA Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189 and BM35229)
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Statues of a woman and believed to be Artemisia and Maussolus
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 Coin of Lucius Antonius
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 Ipswich, Gold torques
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 Nimrud, Temple of Nabu, Šamši-Adad V
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 Hesiod
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top
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 Gaius Caesar
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 Priene, Portrait of Julius Caesar
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18
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 Coin of Antiochus III the Great
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 BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Reverse
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 Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta, Aššurnasirpal II
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 Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula)
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 A Babylonian almanac, mentioning future positions of the planets (British Museum)
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 Leiden-Matilo, Inscription by a unit of scouts, with a damnatio memoriae
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 Constantius captures Londinium
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 Rome, Via Latina, Villa of Murena, Portrait of Aratus of Sicyon
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 Astronomical text mentioning the comet of Halley
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 Corinth, Monument for Octavian's victory at Actium
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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 Tablet with limmu-names
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Obverse
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete
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 BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Obverse
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of the city goddess
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse
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 Koptos, Dedication to Domitian, mentioning III Cyrenaica
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 Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II
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 Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, "King Alexander dedicated this temple to Athena Polias"
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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 Myrina, Figurine of two chatting ladies (Demeter and Kore)
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 Chrysippus
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 Tiberius
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 Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III
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 Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Toilet seat
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 Saqqara, Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
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 Gyges Tablet
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 The Flood Tablet
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy: Achilles kills Penthesileia
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Xanthus, Agora, Harpy tomb, Relief of the harpies and a warrior
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 Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V
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 Astronomical Diary mentioning the battle of Gaugamela
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 Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Lamassu
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 Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant
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 Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels
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 Babylon, Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II
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 Lepidus as triumvir
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 BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse
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 Alexandria, Inscription of II Traiana Fortis
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), left edge
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 Assurbanipal
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 Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II
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 Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp
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 Nineveh, Cup
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 Arsinoe II
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 Epicurus
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 Antisthenes
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 BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)
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 Masjid-e Solaiman, Relief of Hermes
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 Sphinx of Taharqo
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Ephesus, Dedication to M. Calpurnius Rufus
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Siege of Lachish
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Drawing of the seal of king Darius the Great
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus
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 Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
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 Mask of a German
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Peplos
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 II Adiutrix' pegasus on a coin of Gallienus
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Capital
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 Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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 Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion
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 Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 Lucius Clodius Macer
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of soldiers
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 Alexander the Great
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 Diploma from Malpas (obverse)
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 Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of hoplites doing battle
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 ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Obverse
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 Coin of Caesar, showing a Gallic captive
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, West Pediment, Illisos
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 BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse
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 Chester, Antefix with the badge of XX Valeria Victrix, a boar
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse
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 A mounted archer
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Theseus kills Skiron
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 Sippar, Babylonian world map
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 Xanten, Pliny's bridle
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Ptolemy IV Philopator
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 BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
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 Idalion, Melqart
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Marcus Aurelius
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 Coin of Seleucus Nicator.
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 The seal of king Darius the Great
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle Tier, Polyhymnia
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull
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 Arsinoe II
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 Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Pediment, Horse of Selene
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer
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 Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
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 The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast)
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase, Egyptian inscription
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 BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse
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 Ephesus, Tomb of Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, Roman fasces
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 ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Reverse
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 ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle")
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Senacherib
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 BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse
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 A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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 Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknob (London)
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 Roman helmet from the age of the Punic Wars
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 BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
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 Astronomical diary, referring to financial measures during the First Syrian War
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Obverse
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 Lincoln, Tombstone of Valerius of II Adiutrix
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 Hamadan, Achaemenid inscription A2Ha
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom
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 A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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 Harran, Relief of Nabonidus
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Horse of the quadriga (by Pythis)
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 Veii, Head of Aplu
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 The Synchronic Chronicle
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 Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
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 Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix
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 Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants
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 BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse
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 Lepcis Magna, Coin with the Temple of Shadrapa
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 Ptolemy III Euergetes
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus.
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 BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse
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 Artabanus II
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 Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase with an inscription of king Xerxes
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 BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left
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 Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish relief (drawing)
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32957), Reverse
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 Berenice II
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 BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete
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 Coin of Philip
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 Coin of Bar Kochba (with temple and Messianic star)
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 Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Surrender
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 Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Upper tier
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 Cameo of Julia Domna as Luna
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 Coin of Gondophares
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 Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Hadrian
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 Xanthus, Payava's tomb
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 Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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 Antiochus Cylinder
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 BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse
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 BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse
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 Homer
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 BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), reverse
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 Coin of Victorinus
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 The Cyrus Cylinder
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 Halicarnassus, Mosaic of a hunt
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 Ephesus, Coin with the Temple of Artemis
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 BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse
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 Samaria ivories
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 Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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 BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse
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 Diploma from Malpas (reverse)
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 Smyrna, Portrait of Cleopatra I Syra
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35
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 Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Column drum
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 Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Vulture
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15
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 BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33
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 Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids
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 Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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 BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse
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 Aeschines
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 Julia Mamaea
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 BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse
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 Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite
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 Ptolemy IV Philopator
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 Coin of Tigranes II the Great of Armenia.
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