1890s archaeological discoveries

Egyptian archaeological artifact

ancient Egyptian mathematical manuscript

Xunantunich () is an ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – which is to the west. It served as a Maya civic ceremonial centre to the Belize Valley region in the Late and Terminal Classic periods (c.700-900AD). At that time, when the region was at its peak, nearly 200,000 people lived in the Belize Valley.

thumb|right|The photographed in 1866, just after the first excavation was completed. The famous Kritios Boy appears on the right. The '''''' (), as it is called in the German language, is the collection of ancient votive and architectural sculptures that belonged to the Acropolis of Athens before being destroyed during the second Persian invasion of Greece, which took place between 480 and 479 BCE. After defeating the Achaemenid Empire, the Greeks cleared and buried what was left of the Acropolis following the Persian destruction of Athens and subsequently rebuilt the city. A team of French, G

ancient Roman temple of Dougga

Greek papyrus with medical content from the 1./2. century CE