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Sutton Hoo treasure
A double-page spread relating to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial ground discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. it was filled with many priceless treasures, a few of which are shown here

Cornish tin mining, 19th century
Cornish tin mining, 19th-century artwork. Miners working in a shaft in a tin mine in Cornwall, UK. Many such excavations were near the coast and extended out under the sea for nearly a kilometre

Sinanthropus, perhaps the lowest man known to science: excavating Choukoutien Cave where Peking Man dwelt 100, 000 years ago, and moulding his image. Date: 1939

Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Navvies excavating the cutting. Wheelbarrows are filled with spoil at the bottom

English attempt building a canal across Panama - English using native workers to divert the Chagres River for a Panama
NWI4760089 English attempt building a canal across Panama - English using native workers to divert the Chagres River for a Panama Canal

The gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton
5311904 The gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton)

Panama Canal workers under the English - English paying native workers constructing the Panama Canal, 1880s
NWI4760119 Panama Canal workers under the English - English paying native workers constructing the Panama Canal, 1880s.; (add.info)

Steam - powered earth excavators
2603924 Steam - powered earth excavators; (add.info.: Panama Canal: excavating with steam - powered earth excavators and earth transporters at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig)

Victorian miners excavating part of a Roman wall in London
3740691 Victorian miners excavating part of a Roman wall in London; (add.info.: Woodcut engraving depicting Victorian miners excavating part of an ancient Roman wall in London)

Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving)
538399 Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Scene of the Geological Discoveries at Swanage, Dorset - from a photograph by F. Briggs, 1857. The excavations...are interesting as the scene of important geological discoveries [including] the jaws

Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, 1913
Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, Cut in March 1913. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Panama Canal, 1904. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1904. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1904. Isthmian Canal - Looking North from Sta. K547 - Culebra. Dec. 20, 1904'. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. Railway lines with earthmoving equipment. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Discovery of a Colossal Statue of Ramses II near Aboukir, Egypt, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Discovery of a Colossal Statue of Ramses II near Aboukir, Egypt, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Recently-discovered remains of the Alexandrian Library, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Recently-discovered remains of the Alexandrian Library, 1854. Archaeological remains in the city of Alexandria, Egypt....a few months since

Lake Baikal, rock and excavation near the pier of Mysovaya station, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Lake Baikal, rock and excavation near the pier of Mysovaya station, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Artist: N Chevalier
Excavating a low-relief carving of the Fish god Dagon, Nineveh, 1853. Between 1845 and 1851 British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894)

Suez Canal under construction, 1869
Dredges beiginning to build the Suez Canal, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Henry III granting licence to dig coal in 1234. Different historical moments when coal was first noted to be used. The King is seen here giving permission to men in Newcastle to dig coal

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn. 1942
Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn

U. S. Treasury before completion. Washington, D. C. ca. 1860. Creator: Unknown
U.S. Treasury before completion. Washington, D.C. ca. 1860

Closing the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, February 1923 (gelatin silver print)
STC159182 Closing the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, February 1923 (gelatin silver print) by Burton, Harry (1879-1940); 25.5x20 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Sketches of London from October 1901 (engraving)
585060 Sketches of London from October 1901 (engraving) by Macpherson, Douglas (1871-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches from October 1901: attacking Slaters Cupola)

Howard Carter (1873-1939) and a colleague beside a partially demolished wall of one of the tombs
STC159196 Howard Carter (1873-1939) and a colleague beside a partially demolished wall of one of the tombs, Valley of the Kings (gelatin silver print) by Burton

Excavation Pompeii, Italy, 1891. Creator: BW Kilburn
Excavation Pompeii, Italy, 1891. Albumen silver print, stereocard

Excavation of the Sphinx, 1887 (oil on canvas)
2597634 Excavation of the Sphinx, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Koerner, Ernest Carl Eugen (1846-1927); 101x151.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

An avalanche at the Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland, 1897 (colour litho)
971871 An avalanche at the Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland, 1897 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An avalanche at the Great St Bernard Pass)

New Method of Docking and Excavating Canals (engraving)
2790455 New Method of Docking and Excavating Canals (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Method of Docking and Excavating Canals)

Clarence Wilson and Mr R. G Duff, members of the Captain Parkers Excavating Party at Jerusalem. Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley led the Parker Expedition

Page from Britannia & Eve by Katharine Woolley reporting on the great excavations carried by her and her husband Leonard at Ur in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Date: 1929

Process of Excavation, Erie Canal, Lockport (litho)
3088632 Process of Excavation, Erie Canal, Lockport (litho) by American School, (19th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

The ship-grave of an Anglo-Saxon king found at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The traces of the ribs of the boat left in the earth can be clearly seen. Date: 1939

Excavation at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, 1939. The cavity occupied by the ship, which was 82 ft in length and 16 ft in beam. Date: 1939

Unearthing the ship-grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior king at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. The excavations reveal the outlines of a 6th century sea-going craft

Entrance of the Grotta of Pausilipo, Plate XVI, from Campi Phlegraei
1275099 Entrance of the Grotta of Pausilipo, Plate XVI, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Auguste Mariette (1821-81) seated on a mastaba during excavations at Saqqara
STC252076 Auguste Mariette (1821-81) seated on a mastaba during excavations at Saqqara, from Voyahe dans la Haute Egypte, published in 1878 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

The Divining Rod, from Bergwerk Buch by Georg Agricola, Frankfurt 1580
STC202511 The Divining Rod, from Bergwerk Buch by Georg Agricola, Frankfurt 1580, illustrated in a History of Magic, published late 19th century (litho) by German School

An excavation in Saqqara, from a book by Auguste Mariette (1821-81
CHT214723 An excavation in Saqqara, from a book by Auguste Mariette (1821-81) published in 1893 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French

Excavating in Egypt: Professor Petrie at Thebes (w / c on paper)
5934666 Excavating in Egypt: Professor Petrie at Thebes (w/c on paper) by Wallis, Henry (1830-1916); 571.5x787.4 cm; UCL Art Museum, University College London

Excavations of a thick stratum of lava which ran into the sea during the eruption of
STC188684 Excavations of a thick stratum of lava which ran into the sea during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1631, plate 8 from Campi Phlegraei: Observatoins on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies

French archeologists Marcel-Auguste and Jane Dieulafoy (chromolitho)
2815909 French archeologists Marcel-Auguste and Jane Dieulafoy (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The underground fight, ours finish a tunnel to make a counter shine (colour litho)
2808568 The underground fight, ours finish a tunnel to make a counter shine (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The underground fight)

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Excavating, a timeless art of unearthing history and shaping the world we know today. From the Sutton Hoo treasure, revealing ancient Anglo-Saxon wonders, to the Tring cutting that paved the way for the London & Birmingham Railway in 1837. The brush strokes of John Cooke Bourne's masterpiece capture this monumental achievement. In the depths of Cornwall's tin mining industry during the 19th century, courageous souls delved into darkness to extract precious minerals from Mother Earth herself. Sinanthropus emerged as an enigmatic figure, perhaps representing humanity at its most primitive state. Verulamium Excavations brought Roman secrets back to life while Henry III granted licenses to dig coal, fueling industrial revolutions that transformed nations. Burrowing under the River Thames with Rotherhithe Road Tunnel showcased mankind's determination to conquer natural barriers. Olive Mount Cutting on Liverpool and Manchester Railway marked progress in transportation infrastructure; it symbolized human ingenuity triumphing over geographical challenges. The specially designed skimmer exemplified "The Gentle Art of Excavating, " delicately removing topsoil layer by layer like an archaeologist uncovering hidden treasures. Even beneath bustling cities like London, underground tunnels were excavated for efficient transportation systems such as the iconic London Underground. And let us not forget about one of humanity's greatest feats - constructing the Suez Canal in 1869 - connecting continents and reshaping global trade forever. Excavating is more than just digging; it is a testament to our insatiable curiosity and relentless pursuit of knowledge. It unearths forgotten stories etched within layers of soil and rock, allowing us glimpses into our past while shaping our future. So let us continue this noble craft with reverence and awe for what lies beneath our feet – a rich tapestry waiting patiently to be discovered by those willing to delve into its mysteries.