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ISBN: 9780861591862
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 186
The British Museum citole is a unique example of medieval craftsmanship and is one of very few surviving instruments from the Middle Ages. This new publication includes selected papers from the first international symposium on the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591756
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 175
This book presents the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 exhibition at the British Museum entitled "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" and complements and expands upon the exhibition catalogue. It covers... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150796
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
In May 1880 Captain F.C. Burton, a British political officer in Afghanistan, rescued a group of merchants who had been captured by bandits while travelling between Kabul and Peshawar. With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and s... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714128092
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
This book, the first new introduction to the subject for 25 years, draws on the most up-to-date research and discoveries to explore the character, themes, motifs and styles of Anglo-Saxon art. It traces the changing nature of that art, the diff... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714119779
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt is the first illustrated guide to the highlights of the British Museum's wonderful collection. It features over 180 of the most stunning and important Egyptian and Sudanese artefacts in the Museum, including not ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150802
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
In 1942, while ploughing a field near Mildenhall in Suffolk, eastern England, Gordon Butcher stumbled upon a hoard of 34 silver objects that he turned over to his boss and owner of the land, Sydney Ford. Dating back to Roman Britain, fourth cen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125978
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: ARTISTIC TRAD. IN WORLD CULTURES
Warriors of the Plains explores the art of North American Plains Indian warriors - weapons, amulets, clothing and ceremonial objects - with particular emphasis on their ritual use and symbolic meanings. Unlike most books on Plains Indians, whic... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591855
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 185
The catalogue focuses on the entire non-numismatic contents of the Cuerdale hoard (discovered in 1840), together with all the other hoards and single-finds of gold and silver artefacts (ornaments and ingots) of Viking character in the British M... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591886
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 188
By presenting rigorous situated histories of changing training regimen in different cultures, this collection of papers collectively challenge orthodox notions of the perfect body and its pursuit. The introductory essay by the editor compares a... .... Learn More