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Birds

Mavis Pilbeam

• Paperback | Engels
• The British Museums vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick a... Lees meer

Greek inscriptions

Peter Liddel

• Paperback | Engels
• Based on the collection of ancient Greek inscriptions on stone and metal held at the British Museum, this book constitutes an introduction to the stud... Lees meer

Model of a Summer Camp

Tatiana Argounova-Low, Alison K Brown, Sushma Jansari

• Paperback | Engels | Object in Focus
• The Model of a Summer Camp is an intriguing object with a range of stories to tell. Originating in the Sakha (Yakutia) region of far northeastern Russ... Lees meer

Sailing the Monsoon Winds in Miniature

Charlotte Dixon

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• Models of non-European watercrafts are commonly found in museum collections in the UK and throughout the world. These objects are understudied, rarely... Lees meer

The Hajj

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 193
• Following on the British Museum's critically acclaimed exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, this volume provides over thirty papers on the ... Lees meer

Ancient Cyprus in the British Museum

Veronica Tatton-Brown

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The ancient Cypriot collections of the British Museum have inspired the essays in this volume in honour of Veronica Tatton-Brown, who for many years w... Lees meer

China's 1800s

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• Material and visual culture of China's long 19th century is understandably overshadowed by the traumatic warfare, land shortages, famines and uprising... Lees meer

Nero

Thorsten Opper

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54–68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled wh... Lees meer

Explore the Parthenon

Ian Jenkins, Kate Morton

• Paperback | Engels
• Ian Jenkins, a world expert on Ancient Greek sculpture, describes and explains these wonderful sculptures in a vivid and simple way for children, and ... Lees meer

Hokusai

Timothy Clark

• Hardcover | Engels
• In a world-first this autumn, a group of rare drawings by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will go on display at the Museum. The drawings, depicting... Lees meer

Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā in eastern India has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation and attained enlightenment.... Lees meer

Ceramic Exchange and the Indian Ocean Economy (Ad 400-1275)

Seth M N Priestman

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 223
• From AD 500-1000, the Indian Ocean emerged as a global commercial center, and by around 750-800 a sophisticated trade network had been established inv... Lees meer

Minoans

Ian Jenkins

• Through photographs and drawings, this authoritative book reconstructs the Frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a de... Lees meer

Beyond El Dorado

Elisenda Vila Llonch

• Paperback | Engels
• Among the cultures of the northern Andes, gold has been revered above all other materials. Gold was believed to be a product of the Sun, the supreme p... Lees meer

Pots, Prints and Politics

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• From the introduction of woodblock printing in China to the development of copper-plate engraving in Europe, the print medium has been used around the... Lees meer

The Portland Vase

Susan Walker

• Paperback | Engels | Object in Focus
• In a new series of books that focus on iconic objects housed in the British Museum, this guide addresses the enigmatic Portland Vase. This cameo glass... Lees meer

Burma to Myanmar

Alexandra Green

• Hardcover | Engels
• Reveals the rich and complex histories and cultures of Burma/Myanmar from their early development and powerful imperial expansions to their positions ... Lees meer

Luxury and Power

James Fraser

• Hardcover | Engels
• An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democrati... Lees meer

The Vikings in Britain and Ireland

Jayne Carroll, Stephen H. Harrison, Gareth Williams

• Paperback | Engels
• Written by three authors specializing in a range of disciplines, and drawing on the superb collection of the British Museum, together with finds, site... Lees meer

Egypt

Elizabeth O'Connell, Caecilia Fluck

• Paperback | Engels
• The first millennium in Egypt saw a transition from an ancient pantheon of pagan gods to the one God of the three Abrahamic faiths. Jewish, Christian ... Lees meer

Sicily

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 222
• The island of Sicily is at the heart of the Mediterranean and from ancient times to the present day it has been a hub of migration and settlement. Fol... Lees meer

The ancient Olympic Games

Judith Swaddling

• Paperback | Engels
• In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origi... Lees meer

Michelangelo

Sarah Vowles, Grant Lewis

• Hardcover | Engels
• Tracing the final 30 years of Michelangelo’s career, this book examines how the great master used art and faith to explore the common human experience... Lees meer

Masterpieces of the British Museum

J.D. Hill

• Paperback | Engels
• The British Museum's collection is one of the world's finest and broadest, ranging from prehistoric times to the present in ancient and modern culture... Lees meer