Blogs about: British Museum
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Jewelery Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
Gold Body Chain Today we sometimes see celebrities wearing jewelery a bit like this, a decorative centerpiece kept in place by chains running under the armpits to a back center piece with chains also… more →
Normative Communitas
Visiting the Dead: Archaeology, Museums and Human Remains
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wrote 9 hours ago: The British Museum’s Pompeii exhibition has been a rollicking success. It’s been lauded by most crit … more →
What does the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, the British Museum in London and the Acropolis Museum in Athens have in common?
wrote 12 hours ago: The Acropolis Museum in Athens was placed in the third place on a list of the best 50 museums in the … more →
British Museum
wrote 1 day ago: Enlightenment Room- British Museum ‘Felix hall vase Roman, 2nd century AD Large circular vase … more →
One Day, Three Exhibitions: Part One
wrote 1 day ago: On Saturday 18th May I went to London for a cultural tour de force. This consisted in seeing three m … more →
Family Visit Part III
wrote 2 days ago: Saturday, April 27th, my 112th day in London, was the third day of my family visit, and was another … more →
The Parthenon Sculptures... The British Museum View
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wrote 3 days ago: Some critics were disappointed by ‘Good Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie … more →
Stuff they stole from other countries
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wrote 3 days ago: I went into the British Museum without any background info beyond the “it’s full of stuff we s … more →
England/Scotland: Day 2 & 3
wrote 3 days ago: Since I wasn’t able to go online here at the hotel yesterday, Thursday, May 16, I’m goin … more →
The Weight of the World
wrote 4 days ago: Detective Rachael Hesling knocked firmly on the door, with excitement evident in her expression and … more →
The disappearance of Aphrodite
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wrote 5 days ago: Have you seen this woman? Don’t know why this came to mind again recently, but when I was doing my j … more →
An Egyptian Marriage Contract from 172 BC
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wrote 5 days ago: This is a marriage contract between a priest named Pagosh and a female named Teteimhotep, from 172 B … more →
A Tudor Family Tree, c.1511-1553
wrote 5 days ago: What a gorgeous example of the illuminated manuscript tradition from the middle ages! This is from K … more →
My Pompeii experience...and why people shouldn't be remembered
wrote 5 days ago: Last week I fulfilled a long lasting dream and visited the city of Pompeii, located near Napoli, at … more →
Wooden animals
wrote 6 days ago: There is a long tradition of whittling or carving little wooden animals in many countries and a wond … more →
Edmund de Waal’s actual Hare with Amber Eyes
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wrote 6 days ago: Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian If you’ve read Edmund de Waal’s wonderful book, The Hare with Amb … more →
free archaeology: drawing the line between work experience and work; identifying structural disadvantage and exclusion
wrote 6 days ago: Before I begin, I want to make clear that I am not using these case studies as examples of worst pra … more →
Through the ages
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London
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wrote 6 days ago: I recently returned from a quick trip to my beloved London. We really lucked out with some amazing … more →
Roof line
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wrote 6 days ago: Another from the iPhone tour of London … more →
