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Myres, John Linton, Sir, 1869-1954 (British archaeologist and anthropologist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1954

Biography

Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at Oxford, 1910-1939. President of the Folklore Society, 1924-1926. President of the Hellenic Society, 1935-1938. Exacavated at Cyprus on behalf of the Cyprus Exploration Fund and the British School at Athens. Helped to form one of the largest collections of Cypriot antiquities held at the Ashmolean Museum.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Slides 'B': 00062-00150

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 00062-00150

Reference number: SPRS/LS/1
Scope and Contents

Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00062 to B.00150. Subjects include aqueducts, tombs and sepulchral monuments and building structures across various Italian regions - Basilicata, Campania, Puglia - and Roman roads, such as the Appian Way and the Via Traiana. Images of Rome, the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Campagna di Roma and Tivoli are also comprised in this set.

Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'B': 00151-00528

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 00151-00528

Reference number: SPRS/LS/2
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00151 to B.00528. Subjects include aqueducts and building structures, and Roman roads. The Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli and the Amalfi coast in the Campania region are also documented together with images of ancient monuments and architectural remains in Sutri, Tusculum, Palestrina, Assisi, Chiusi, Gubbio (Umbria) and Fiesole (Tuscany). Images of Rome, the Roman Forum, some of its significant monuments, and archaeological sites such as...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'B': 00757-02631

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 00757-02631

Reference number: SPRS/LS/4
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00757 to B.02631. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in Malta and North Africa - Tébessa (Algeria), Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria), Subaytilah (Tunisia), Carthage (Tunisia) - and excavations in the Roman Forum. The archaeological site of Ostia, ancient monuments in Verona (Veneto), relief sculpture of the Trajan's Column, and the Paedagogium on the Palatine Hill are also comprised in this set. Lantern slides...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'B': 02632-04096

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 02632-04096

Reference number: SPRS/LS/5
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.02632 to B.04096. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Tébessa and Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria) -, excavations in the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Forum of Nerva, Forum of Caesar and Forum of Trajan. The archaeological site of Pompeii, the whereabouts of Virgil's farm near Mantua (Lombardy) and other building structures and monuments in Verona and Rome are also...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'B': 05435-07026

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 05435-07026

Reference number: SPRS/LS/9
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.05435 to B.07026. Subjects include building structures, roman roads in the Campagna di Roma and archaeological sites in North Africa - Thamugadi (Algeria), Carthage and Thugga (Tunisia), - the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from other locations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum, the Trajan's Column, the Ara Pacis and the Mausoleum of Augustus. The archaeological sites of Ostia and Herculaneum,...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'C': 02913-07584

 Sub-Series

Slides 'C': 02913-07584

Reference number: SPRS/LS/17
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from C.02913 to C.07584. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Sétif, Tazoult-Lambése, Tébessa and Thamugadi (Algeria), Cyrene, Lepcis Magna and Sabratha (Libya) - churches in Catania, Monreale and Palermo, Messina and Taormina. Temples in Sicily (Agrigento, Segesta, Selinus, Syracuse), in Basilicata (Metapontum, Tavole Palatine) and Paestum. The archaeological sites of Ostia, Pompeii and Herculaneum,...
Dates: 1890 - 1950