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LGBT History Month UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
Think of Roman Emperor Hadrian and the first thing that springs to mind is the wall that bears his name, separating England from the revolting Picts. However, there were many sides to Hadrian, as a new exhibition about his life reveals. As well as being a great leader who strengthened the empire through consolidation and crushed dissent ruthlessly, Hadrian was also a cultured man and the first openly...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
For many people, the thought of an exhibition full of white marble Roman statues might seem boring. But this promised blockbuster at the British Museum is anything but. It has sex, rebellions, wealth and intrigue, and best of all it has artefacts that have never been seen before.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
For many people, the thought of an exhibition full of white marble Roman statues might seem boring. But this promised blockbuster at the British Museum is anything but. It has sex, rebellions, wealth and intrigue, and best of all it has artefacts that have never been seen before.
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Think of Roman Emperor Hadrian and the first thing that springs to mind is the wall that bears his name, separating England from the revolting Picts.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
To say that I thought more than once of Heat magazine and Hello! while walking round the British Museum's new exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict might easily suggest that I think something has gone wrong here. The British Museum is, after all, one of the world's great centres of learning – a place where, to paraphrase Neil MacGregor's opening remarks at the press view, visitors can come to reflect...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
As the British Museum exhibition exploring the life and work of the Emperor Hadrian opens, Damian Noonan presents the top 10 links for Romans in Britain.
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10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
William Blake, the 18th and 19th century English poet, painter and engraver, is most remembered for his two linked collections of poems, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Of all of Blake’s poems, people are most familiar with the oft-anthologized “The Tyger” from the latter volume, though he wrote many other poems worth reading [...]
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Elginism (Free subscription) | yesterday
One may be able to see the Codex Sinaiticus virtually reunited from today. This doesn’t solve the complex four way dispute over its ownership that continues behind the scenes though. The British Museum would do well to remember this case when suggesting that the issue of the Elgin Marbles can be solved by providing the [...]
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Awilum.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
I found another must-have book for those interested in the Ur III period (all three of us): On Ur III Times: Studies in Honor of Marcel Sigrist edited by Piotr Michalowski Here’s a rundown on the contributions: Franco d’Agostino and Elena Santagati, BM 106145: un nuovo testo da Ummache menziona personale del cantiere navale (m a r -s [...]
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Jesus Creed (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is cool. Codex Sinaiticus, one of the most storied manuscripts of the entire New Testament and one of the earliest and best manuscripts as well, is now online at this site. When I was doing my PhD and our family was down in London, we got to the British Museum and the first thing [...]
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ephemera (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the wonderful, under-appreciated aspects of the Internet is the emergence of a number of online museums, especially those that showcase ephemera from obscure realms. Some, like the British Museum, are world-famous. But many others are virtually unknown, yet...
