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Research project

Museum curators, conservators, scientists, educators and people from across the world develop and share new perspectives on cultures and time periods.

Featured research project

Daphnae  – where Greece met Egypt

Read about the Daphnae project

Now called Tell Dafana, the seventh century BC settlement of Daphnae in the Nile Delta of Egypt was a meeting point for the great cultures of ancient Egypt and Greece.

Research news

Technical Research Bulletin  Volume 2  is  live

Read the Technical research bulletin

The Museum's online journal of the conservation and scientific study, not only of Museum objects, but of objects from around the world is now live online. Volume three is available to order in print.

Online research catalogues

Ancient Cyprus  in the British Museum

Content

An online research catalogue devoted to the British Museum's ancient Cyprus collection. 

In the first part of a growing catalogue, discover 1,800 objects excavated at the Late Bronze Age town of Enkomi.

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Libraries and archive

Museum facilities are accessible to members of the public wishing to carry out their own work.

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