Have you ever wished that you could read the beautiful hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt for y...

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A concise introductory guide to ancient Egypt. Each double page focuses on a particular period in...

In 1994, the remains of a 17th-century shipwreck were discovered by divers off Salcombe Bay. The ...

The British Museum holds one of the most extensive collections of Late Antique silver plate in th...

The Kushans were a dynasty of thirteen kings who ruled from approximately AD 50 to AD 350. At the...

This book presents images and discussion of 20 English coin hoards, ranging in date from the 730s...

This portrait of Santa Isabel in over 600 pictures shows an island transformed by its colonial hi...

This volume presents for the first time an authoritative and systematic account of the coins mint...

Showcases a remarkable collection of graphic art from the postwar period to the presentWith many ...

The word 'samurai' stands for ideals of courage, honour, self-sacrifice and loyalty. Yet much of ...

Discover Hawaiʻi's indigenous culture, history and enduring relationship with foreign nations thr...

A new title in the British Museum's Object in Focus series that unpacks the history of a fascinat...

Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the worl...

Drawing on the cuisine of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Henry VIII's brea...

This second volume of haiku focusing on the animal kingdom takes you on a journey through a singl...

An exciting, wide-ranging exploration of the power and diversity of female figures of worship in ...

From late antiquity through to the early middle ages, people across north-western Europe were ins...

Beautifully illustrated with an array of Japanese art, this book offers a closer look at the rich...

This book tells the unique story of this exquisitely crafted Roman silver drinking cup, engraved ...

For nearly three hundred years, from the end of the eighth century AD until approximately 1100, t...

For 7,000 years seals have functioned as signs of authority. This publication deals specifically ...

The hoard of Roman-British temple treasure discovered at Ashwell in 2002 provides fascinating new...

The location known as 'A Riverine Site Near York (ARSNY)' represents a category of Viking site kn...

This volume is the first in the British Museum's Egyptiancatalogue series to be devoted to ostrac...

This lively book considers the various fascinating stories which have evolved to explain the owne...

This volume presents details of 57 coin hoards from Roman Britain, all but two of which were disc...

The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivalled examples of classical Greek art tha...

This beautiful volume presents a history of Europe and the Mediterranean from the end of the Roma...

Quilts generically known as tivaivai have been produced by women in the Cook Islands, the Hawaiia...

Latin inscriptions can appear dauntinga jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. Howev...

This beautiful book offers a striking and unusual view of a wide array of Indian art. It highligh...

A comprehensive catalogue of inscriptions from the Gwalior area of central India. Between the 3rd...

Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third cen...

The first full publication of the monumental granite naos of King Nekhthorheb (360-343 BC), origi...

This ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference 'Ming:...

The ancient Cypriot collections of the British Museum have inspired the essays in this volume in ...

A volume exploring the ramifications of placing objects first and foremost in the comparative stu...

The British Museum watch collection is unsurpassed anywhere in the world, and this brilliant book...

The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson's 1833-8 collections from the urban site of Begr...

Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration, this beautiful book offers a striking and unusual view o...

Following on the British Museum¿s critically acclaimed exhibitionHajj: journey to the heart of Is...

This volume presents for the first time an authoritative and systematic account of the coins mint...

Stamp seals were used in a similar way to modern signet rings: a negative object used to impress ...

This volume presents the rich array of structural and artifactual evidence spanning a few thousan...

Complete with new photography of the cleaned and conserved objects, showing off the stunning and ...

Report on a major rescue excavation of a Late Bronze Age waterfront site with exceptional preserv...

This book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabin...