114 results for egypt

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Depicting the dead: ancient Egyptian mummy portraits
27 October 2020

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Historical city travel guide: Thebes, Egypt, 13th century BC
12 June 2020

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Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’
20 May 2020

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A sip of history: ancient Egyptian beer
25 May 2018

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The British Museum Membercast: Cracking the Egyptian code
27 March 2018

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The British Museum Membercast: Egyptian art
22 December 2017

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Connecting local communities with 4,000 years of heritage in Egypt
21 December 2017

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Collecting modern Egypt
19 July 2017

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Giving a voice to ancient Egyptian poetry
15 March 2017

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Copts of the Nile: the Coptic community in Egypt today
04 January 2016

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Faith after the pharaohs: Egyptian papyri conservation
29 December 2015

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Colourful glass adornments from Egypt: an 18th-dynasty enigma
31 July 2014

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Violence and climate change in prehistoric Egypt and Sudan
14 July 2014

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Tattoos in ancient Egypt and Sudan
26 June 2014

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A new look at ancient Egyptian textiles
02 June 2014

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Murder and mayhem in Predynastic Egypt
06 December 2012

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Virtual autopsy: discover how the ancient Egyptian Gebelein Man died
16 November 2012

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Pigment and power dressing in Roman Egypt
26 October 2012

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An introduction to Stonehenge
07 December 2021

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Ancient healthcare fit for a king
30 November 2021

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Gaverne Bennett’s highlight objects: African kingdoms timeline
29 October 2021

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What’s on at the British Museum in 2022?
18 October 2021

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14 of my favourite items from the British Museum Archive
07 June 2021

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Visiting the British Museum as a family
27 May 2021

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Who was Nero?
22 April 2021

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The Queen’s Gambit: how the Lewis Chessmen won the world over
16 March 2021

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Pioneering women
08 March 2021

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Top 10 historical board games
26 February 2021

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What's it like being a woman working in the arts?
24 February 2021

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Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa
11 February 2021

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Ancient city travel guide: Persepolis, 500 BC
18 December 2020

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Combatting illicit trade: identifying and returning a 4,000-year-old relief to Iraq
14 December 2020

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Great Court
04 December 2020

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Disability and the British Museum collection
03 December 2020

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Historical city travel guide: Osaka in the early 19th century
30 November 2020

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Discovering a 4,500-year-old olive oil factory in Jordan
26 November 2020

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14 things not to miss at the British Museum
24 August 2020

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Collecting and empire
21 August 2020

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Looking forward to reopening
17 August 2020

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The tea-rific history of Victorian afternoon tea
14 August 2020

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Historical city travel guide: Kulubnarti, Sudan, late 12th century
23 July 2020

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Historical city travel guide: Aksum, 6th century AD
17 July 2020

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Historical city travel guide: London, late 16th century
10 July 2020

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Ice cream: the inside scoop
09 July 2020

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Museums from home across the UK
26 June 2020

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Eight LGBTQ objects to celebrate Pride
26 June 2020

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Historical city travel guide: Athens, 5th century BC
29 May 2020

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100 years of science and conservation: recent conservation highlights
05 May 2020

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13 landscapes to lose yourself in
14 April 2020

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Seeking Inspiration
09 April 2020

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Mary Beard's top five objects
08 April 2020

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How to explore the British Museum from home
27 March 2020

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100 years of science and conservation
12 February 2020

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Bonnie Greer: the Era of Reclamation
08 January 2020

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The art of imitation - 19th century Islamic revivalism
23 December 2019

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An introduction to Orientalist painting
09 October 2019

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Love is love: uncovering LGBTQ stories
21 August 2019

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Collecting histories
02 August 2019

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Creating inspiring national partnerships
12 July 2019

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The British Museum Membercast: Bioarchaeology at the British Museum
03 May 2019

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The Islamic world: the big themes
26 February 2019

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Love around the world
14 February 2019

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Prints of darkness
31 October 2018

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A library fit for a king
25 October 2018

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A journey through the Islamic world in eight objects
18 October 2018

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Ian Hislop's objecting objects
17 September 2018

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Introducing the Assyrians
19 June 2018

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Who was Ashurbanipal?
19 June 2018

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The story of sugar in 5 objects
13 June 2018

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Paint and the Parthenon: conservation of ancient Greek sculpture
23 May 2018

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A bluffer's guide to dissent in 7 objects
16 May 2018

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Music of the world: a symphony of cultures
16 April 2018

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A history of world music in 15 instruments
05 April 2018

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The Round Reading Room at the British Museum
28 March 2018

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Europe and the world: a symphony of cultures
06 March 2018

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World's earliest figural tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old mummies
01 March 2018

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From history, with love... 14 objects to get you in the mood for Valentine's Day
13 February 2018

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Behind the scenes in the Museum's archives
05 February 2018

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Darius, Herodotus and the Scythians
27 October 2017

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What Black History Month means to me
09 October 2017

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Poetic licence: the Museum gets lyrical
28 September 2017

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Ancient wisdom: what tooth decay can tell us about the past
22 September 2017

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Ladies aglow: finding the colour in 2,000-year-old figurines
01 September 2017

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Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
30 August 2017

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Solar eclipses, then and now
21 August 2017

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Photography at the Museum: a developing story
19 August 2017

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Inheriting the most iconic object at the British Museum
15 July 2017

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone
14 July 2017

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What lies ahead: new galleries to present a voyage of discovery and learning
07 July 2017

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The British Museum Membercast: a night at the Museum
06 July 2017

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A symbol of pride: raising the rainbow flag
03 July 2017

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A question of interpretation
22 June 2017

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Not fade away: preventive conservation on Hokusai prints
15 June 2017

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Mary Beard's top five powerful women in ancient Greece and Rome
14 March 2017

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Women of the world
08 March 2017

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World Book Day: leafing through the pages of history
02 March 2017

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A history of love (and lust and sex) in 14 objects: a Valentine’s Day special
14 February 2017

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29 things you (probably) didn't know about the British Museum
14 January 2017

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Uncovering a colourful past
09 January 2017

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Sharp of teeth: crocodiles in the ancient Sahara
16 February 2016

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A medieval alchemical book reveals new secrets
05 February 2016

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Exploring the First Gaster Bible: a British Library Hebrew manuscript
04 January 2016

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The mystery of the Fetter Lane hoard
27 August 2015

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The shock of the nude
20 February 2015

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Loan of a Parthenon sculpture to the Hermitage
05 December 2014

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3D-imaging the Assyrian reliefs at the British Museum: from the 1850s to today
19 November 2014

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What lies beneath: new discoveries about the Jericho skull
03 July 2014

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In respect of the dead: human remains in the British Museum
12 June 2014

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New evidence of human cancer found at ancient Amara West
17 March 2014

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Was the ark round? A Babylonian description discovered
24 January 2014

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Amara West 2012: the first glimpses of ancient living conditions and health
13 December 2012

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The art (and science) of a colourful, cross-culturally dressing statue
02 November 2012

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Pompeii and Herculaneum: two ordinary cities with an extraordinary story
20 September 2012

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What is a Book of the Dead?
22 September 2010

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