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Mary Beard’s top five powerful women in ancient Greece and Rome
1. The Amazon queen Penthesilea Black-figured amphora (wine-jar) signed by Exekias as potter and attributed to him as painter. Made in Attica, Greece, 530–525 BC. Found in Vulci, Italy. The Amazons...
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Over the last four years, the British Museum has been producing 3D models that can be viewed by anyone online. The roots of this work can be traced back to the Arts and Humanities Research Council‘s...
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The power of patronage at the Great Shrine of Amaravati
The Asahi Shimbun Display Virtual pilgrimage: reimagining India’s Great Shrine of Amaravati focuses on a double-sided relief from a shrine in south-east India. Founded around 200 BC, the Great Shrine...
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Ladies aglow: finding the colour in 2,000-year-old figurines
Take a walk to the end of Room 73 at the British Museum and you will meet some of my favourite ladies. Made of terracotta and dressed in vivid shades of pink and blue, these Hellenistic figurines were...
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What Black History Month means to me
I have always felt lucky because I grew up in Jamaica just as it became independent. We turned to our history to create a collective national identity. We named national heroes that led rebellions...
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10 things you might not have known about Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) is perhaps the most famous sculptor of the modern era. The popularity of The Kiss and the universality of The Thinker alone make him globally renowned. But here are a few...
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An introduction to the Parthenon and its sculptures
A building from Athens’ golden age The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens was built between 447 and 438 BC as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos. The word parthénos (παρθένος) meant...
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Paint and the Parthenon: conservation of ancient Greek sculpture
Since January 2018, I have been part of a team of conservators who have had the rare and wonderful opportunity to work on the Parthenon sculptures. In preparation for the exhibition Rodin and the art...
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What’s on at the British Museum in 2022?
“Next year we will explore some of our deepest history, from ancient Britain, the story of feminine power across the ages, through to the unlocking of ancient Egypt’s written history. These world-class...
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Art in crisis: identifying and returning looted objects
In 2001 the Taliban government of Afghanistan banned all representations of the human form, from depictions on TV and in painting to ancient sculpture. Statues in the National Museum of Afghanistan...
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