From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk Roads.

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The British Museum cares for a large collection of tao'a (treasures) from the Pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), ...

The last time we had the opportunity to see the British Museum collection through the eyes of a contemporary artist, it was through those of Grayson Perry, with Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman in 2011.

The British Museum was founded with a collection left to 'curious' and interested people. 271 years on an exhibition touring the UK, and now approaching its final week in Wales, explores what it means ...

Discover the rise, influence and decline of Stonehenge across 6,000 years of history. Lying some 150km west of London in the Wiltshire countryside, Stonehenge is perhaps the world's most awe-inspiring ...

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English artist known for her 'paper mosaiks', Mary Delany (née Granville 1700–1788) lived in England and Ireland. In her 70s, Delany invented a form of paper-cutting or decoupage, which she called her ...

See the Rosetta Stone and other objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery. Search the collection For products inspired by the Rosetta Stone, visit the British Museum Shop. In July 1799, a group of ...

Hieroglyphs is one of the oldest forms of writing in the world. Depicting objects and living beings from the real world such as humans, animals or plants, this script was used across Egypt for ...

Visit Room 23 to enjoy many sculptures that are Roman versions of Greek originals. During the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean in the second and first centuries BC, Greek sculpture was both admired ...

The Parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. It was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the Acropolis of Athens. The temple's great size and lavish use of ...