Gebelein Man – a 5,500 year old murder mystery
One of the oldest pieces in the museum is not stone or porcelain or metal, but an actual human being – someone who walked around […]
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The Lewis Chess Pieces in the British Museum
One of the most famous of the early medieval exhibits from the museum is the Lewis chessmen. 93 separate pieces, in a variety of sizes, […]
Tang Grave Figures
The Tang dynasty – 618AD to 907AD – was one of the golden ages of China. We’re often a bit unspecific about the dates of […]
The Rosetta Stone – the key to understanding ancient Egypt
It’s a very dull piece of a granite-like stone, and the stuff that’s carved on it isn’t hugely interesting either – it’s to do with […]
My favourite piece in the British Museum
You can keep your hoards of gold and silver, your Egyptian mummies, your blockbuster Viking exhibitions. For me, the most wonderful piece in the whole […]