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Press releases

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Picasso: printmaker
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The British Museum announces shortlist of five architect-led teams for major renovation of its Western Range Galleries
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Gladiators of Britain
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Hew Locke: what have we here?
(PDF, 246.25 KB)
Silk Roads
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    Asante Gold Regalia

    Learn about Asante regalia, a culturally and artistically important group of objects from the Kingdom of Asante.
  • Relief plaque made of brass cast showing two figures

    Benin Bronzes

    Learn about these elaborately decorated sculptures from the West African Kingdom of Benin.
  • The image shows a photograph of the Book of the Dead of Hunefer. The information has been written on papyrus. It shows Hunefer kneeling before deities and the jackal-headed Anubis leading Hunefer towards the balance of judgment, where Anubis is depicted again, kneeling to adjust a weighing scale of the heart.

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