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Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art

The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Found in the collection of British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The March of intellect, 1829. Artist: Heath, William (1795-1840)

The March of intellect, 1829. Artist: Heath, William (1795-1840)
The March of intellect, 1829. Found in the collection of British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Horse of Selene from the Parthenon

Horse of Selene from the Parthenon
Horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Man of Sorrows. Title-page to Small Passion. c1511, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer

The Man of Sorrows. Title-page to Small Passion. c1511, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Man of Sorrows. Title-page to Small Passion. c1511, (1906). The drawing is held by the British Museum, London. From The Engravings of Albert Durer, by Lionel Cust. [Seeley and Co

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Bronze head of Augustus, Roman, from Meroe, Sudan, c27-c25 BC

Bronze head of Augustus, Roman, from Meroe, Sudan, c27-c25 BC. This head once formed part of a statue of the emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). From the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Clay tablet with linear B script, 15th century BC

Clay tablet with linear B script, 15th century BC
Clay tablet from Knossos with linear B script, from the British Museums collection, 15th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: A Condottiere, 1480, (1932). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

A Condottiere, 1480, (1932). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Condottiere, 1480, (1932). From the collection of the British Museum, London. From Master Draughtsmen No. 2 - Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Pottery cremation urn, from a grave at Loveden Hill, Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon, 6th-7th century

Pottery cremation urn, from a grave at Loveden Hill, Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon, 6th-7th century
Pottery cremation urn, from a cremation grave in a cemetery at Loveden Hill, Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon, 6th-7th century. The urn is decorated with deeply incised chevrons which are filled with

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Reading Room of the Great Library at the British Museum seen from the Entrance, c1935

Reading Room of the Great Library at the British Museum seen from the Entrance, c1935. The circular Reading Room of the British Museum in central London was designed by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877)

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC
Detail of the Rhind mathematical papyrus, showing mathematical problems, from Thebes, Egypt, End of the Second Intermediate Period, c1550 BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Pitney Brooch, Anglo-Scandinavian, second half of the 11th century

The Pitney Brooch, Anglo-Scandinavian, second half of the 11th century. Disc-brooch of gilt copper-alloy from Pitney, Somerset, England. It is decorated in an English variant of the Urnes style

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, 5th century BC

Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, 5th century BC
Part of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, showing part of the Panathenaic procession, 5th century BC. From the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Anglo-Saxon brooch of the Kentish type

Anglo-Saxon brooch of the Kentish type, from the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)

The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Found in the collection of British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC

Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Though a standard subject for a Theban tomb painting, this banquet scene is one of the finest examples

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess, sitting in a chair and nursing a baby, 2nd century

Ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess, sitting in a chair and nursing a baby, 2nd century
Ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess, sitting in a chair and nursing a baby, Romano-British, 2nd century. This piece is mould-made from pipeclay and was found in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Corybantian dance. Terracotta Campana relief: three Curetes with swords and shields..., 50 BC-100

Corybantian dance. Terracotta Campana relief: three Curetes with swords and shields..., 50 BC-100
Corybantian dance. Terracotta Campana relief: three Curetes with swords and shields, protecting the infant Zeus, 50 BC-100. Found in the Collection of the British Museum.

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Ancient statues in the British Museum, from the Farnese Palace at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Ancient statues in the British Museum, from the Farnese Palace at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ancient statues in the British Museum, from the Farnese Palace at Rome, 1864. 'The pieces of sculpture which were lately bought for the British Museum from the collection in the Farnese Palace at

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in the British Museum... 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in the British Museum... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in the British Museum, from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. Creator: Gilks

Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. Creator: Gilks
Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. Humorous vignettes depicting a tradition, known as Bachelor's Day or Ladies Privilege

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Castellani Collection in the British Museum, 1876. 1. Gold earring...From Metapontum, in Magna Graecia. 2. Gold earring in form of dolphin...3

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Newly Opened Botanical Room at the British Museum, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Newly Opened Botanical Room at the British Museum, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Newly Opened Botanical Room at the British Museum, [London], 1858. At the two ends of the room are placed trunks of tree-ferns, palms, and other remarkable monocotyledonous trees...Of palms

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Sow and Pigs in the Wadi L'Kasab...1857. Creator: Unknown

The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Sow and Pigs in the Wadi L'Kasab...1857. Creator: Unknown
The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Sow and Pigs in the Wadi L'Kasab (Reed Valley) in Chaldea, 1857. Detail of a bas-relief from the South West Palace, the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Locust-bearer, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Locust-bearer, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Locust-bearer, 1857. Detail of a bas-relief from the South West Palace, the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Additions to the Assyrian Sculptures at the British Museum: The King in his Chariot, 1856

Additions to the Assyrian Sculptures at the British Museum: The King in his Chariot, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
Additions to the Assyrian Sculptures at the British Museum: The King in his Chariot, 1856. Slab...from the North Palace at Kouyunjik, discovered in 1854 by Mr

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture

Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture
Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture

Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture
Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture

Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Creator: Sumerian culture
Sumerian reed house. Detail of the Uruk Trough, 3300-3000 BC. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Portrait of the violinist Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846), c. 1795

Portrait of the violinist Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846), c. 1795. Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728-1813)
Portrait of the violinist Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846), c. 1795. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Denarius of Tiberius. Findspot: South Asia, India, Tamil Nadu, 1st H. 1st century AD

Denarius of Tiberius. Findspot: South Asia, India, Tamil Nadu, 1st H. 1st century AD. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Head of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Thebes, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479-1425 BC

Head of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Thebes, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Creator: Ancient Egypt
Head of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Thebes, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Half-length figure of a woman (Portrait of Vittoria Colonna), c. 1525

Half-length figure of a woman (Portrait of Vittoria Colonna), c. 1525. Creator: Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Half-length figure of a woman (Portrait of Vittoria Colonna), c. 1525. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Skull and Horns of a Wild Buffalo, shot in Central Assam, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Skull and Horns of a Wild Buffalo, shot in Central Assam, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Skull and Horns of a Wild Buffalo, shot in Central Assam, 1854. Distance between horns: 6 feet 8½ inches. The Buffalo is found of majestic growth in a wild state in the numerous tree-jungles of Assam

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, [Iraq], 1850. The drawing from which the Engraving...is taken has been brought over by one of the Messrs

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Etruscan Sarcophagus, presented to the British Museum by the Marquis of Northampton, 1850

Etruscan Sarcophagus, presented to the British Museum by the Marquis of Northampton, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Etruscan Sarcophagus, presented to the British Museum by the Marquis of Northampton, 1850....a novel addition to the classic antiquities in the Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Tribute Bearers; Assyrian King and Sword-Bearer, 1850

Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Tribute Bearers; Assyrian King and Sword-Bearer, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Tribute Bearers; Assyrian King and Sword-Bearer, 1850. These figures represent tribute-bearers in the presence of the King

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Winged Lion, 1850

Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Winged Lion, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Winged Lion, 1850. That the interest raised by the exhibition of these remarkable monuments of a remote historic period does

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Eagle-Winged Bull, 1850

Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Eagle-Winged Bull, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Nimroud Sculptures Just Received at the British Museum - Human-Headed and Eagle-Winged Bull, 1850. That the interest raised by the exhibition of these remarkable monuments of a remote historic period

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures...Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Nimroud Sculptures...Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Engraving of...a fine, though unfortunately broken slab

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Supposed Kitchen and Pavilion, 1850

Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Supposed Kitchen and Pavilion, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Supposed Kitchen and Pavilion, 1850. The wheel-like figure with serrated projections, on the left of the composition

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures...Triumphal Return of the King to his Camp, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Nimroud Sculptures...Triumphal Return of the King to his Camp, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Triumphal Return of the King to his Camp, 1850. The King is seen in his chariot, attended by his chief eunuch; before him, but aloft

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Head of Nero in the British Museum, n.d. Creator: Benjamin Robert Haydon

Head of Nero in the British Museum, n.d. Creator: Benjamin Robert Haydon
Head of Nero in the British Museum, n.d

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Colossal Figure of Winged Man or Divinity, 1850

Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Colossal Figure of Winged Man or Divinity, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures at the British Museum - Colossal Figure of Winged Man or Divinity, 1850. That the interest raised by the exhibition of these remarkable monuments of a remote historic period does

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Bird on a Branch, ca. 1470-1480. Creator: Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506)

Bird on a Branch, ca. 1470-1480. Creator: Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506)
Bird on a Branch, ca. 1470-1480. Found in the Collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Assyrian army crosses a river, 885-860 BC. Creator: Assyrian Art

Assyrian army crosses a river, 885-860 BC. Creator: Assyrian Art
Assyrian army crosses a river, 885-860 BC. Found in the Collection of the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: 12th Century. British Museum, 1862

12th Century. British Museum, 1862. From The Book of Ornamental Alphabets - Ancient & Mediae val, by F. G. Delamotte. [E. & F. Spon, London, 1862]

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Great Harris Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, reign of Ramesses IV, c1200 BC

The Great Harris Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, reign of Ramesses IV, c1200 BC
The Great Harris Papyrus, from Thebes, probably Deir el-Medina, Egypt, reign of Rameses IV, c1200 BC. At forty-two metres, this is one of the longest papyri still in existence from ancient Egypt

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century

Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite. The blade is made of chalcedony



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