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Most of the antiquities Salt collected were purchased by the British Museum and the Musée du Louvre. By 1866 the collection consisted of some 10,000 objects. Antiquities from excavations started to come to the museum in the latter part of the 19th century as a result of the work of the Egypt Exploration Fund under the efforts of E.A. Wallis Budge.
This is a list of archaeologists – people who study or ... (1920–2001) British; excavation methods ... British; Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum 1928–1945; ...
Covering an area of 18 hectares (44 acres), at the time it was the largest archaeological excavation in Europe, [2] and is the largest excavation ever undertaken in the British Isles. [3] Excavation continued year-round to stay ahead of gravel extraction that was rapidly destroying the site, accumulating an "astonishing" volume of material. [4]
In 2010 excavations were renewed at La Cotte by a multi-disciplinary team from British Institutions including UCL, The British Museum, the University of Southampton, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the University of St Andrew's. These on-going excavations revealed new archaeological levels at the site and determined the presence of ...
Many of these finds are now in the British Museum's permanent collection, [12] with smaller collections in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. [4] While working in the Badari region 1923–24, she explored prehistoric settlement remains at Hemamieh. Caton Thompson's work at the site was distinguished by its ...
The British Museum conducted its own excavations in Egypt where it received divisions of finds, including Asyut (1907), Mostagedda and Matmar (1920s), Ashmunein (1980s) and sites in Sudan such as Soba, Kawa and the Northern Dongola Reach (1990s). The size of the Egyptian collections now stand at over 110,000 objects. [73]
Objects from British and European prehistory in the collection of the British Museum. Pages in category "Prehistoric objects in the British Museum" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects. 1500s [ edit ]