Object within Schaaf no. 3289

21. Reputed Tomb of Archimedes, Syracuse

Image size: h 16.9cm x w 21.2cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Inscription: title and signature in ink; in pencil, verso, 421

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-2139

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Location: Sicily

Keywords: Italy

The alleged tomb of the mathematician, Archimedes, is more likely to be a Roman columbarium (burial chamber) built centuries after his death.