Archeology

The science that focuses on the study of past human cultures

A ruin on uist. Scotland
Athens: the Acropolis
Pompeii - an exedra tomb
The House of Venus in Seashell , Pompeii
Pompeii a shop or restaurant for serving hot meals.
A richly decorated house in Pompeii.
A major street in Pompeii.
Part of Ad-Dair (Monastry), a mid-first century AD Nabatean temple or royal tomb that bears Petra's largest façade
The colonnade street, Petra's main street from the first century A.D. Jordan, Middle East, Arabia, Asia. Rose-red city (1)
The colonnade street, Petra's main street from the first century A.D. Jordan, Middle East, Arabia, Asia. The rose-red city.
The colonnade street, Petra's main street from the first century A.D. Jordan, Middle East, Arabia, Asia. The rose-red city..
The Treasury or Khasneh, Petra, Jordan, Jordan. Middle East. Arabia, Asia. The rose-red city.
Hadrian's Arch South Gate Jerash, ancient Gerasa, Arabia, Asia
Colchester, Old walls by Hole pub
Colchester, old walls
View of Castle Hill fort and the Dalwhat Glen to Moniaive. Iron age defensive structure, around 1000BC.
Prehistoric, Bronze Age burial chamber, near Penpont, Dumfries and Galloway. Close to Tynron Doon Iron Age hillfort. The cairn dates from between 2750 BC and 1000BC and was used as a burial site
Splendid standing stone, Machrie Moor, perhaps representing procreation and fertility due to its rather phallic symbolism.
Standing stone circle
Standing stone circle - Machrie Moor
Standing stone which once made up another stone circle on Machrie Moor, Arran. This stone stands nearly twenty feet tall and is the only stone left upright
Stone Circle - Moss Farm, Machrie moor Arran. A concentric circle consisting of two rings, the outer being slightly ovular
Megalithic Auchencar standing stone with Beinn Lochainn in the background
Iron Age hillfort to left with the rounded Lowther Hills in the background on a bright winters day