British Museum

The Staffordshire Hoard Treasure Lectures Hot Tickets at The British Museum

Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON.- The most important treasure trove found in Britain for decades is on display at the British Museum in London and will be the subject of two hot-ticket lectures and a drop-in talk by experts in the coming weeks. The Staffordshire Hoard, discovered by metal detectorist Terry Herbert in central England in July , comprises mainly gold and silver items and has been compared in importance to the...

• Two Treasure Lectures Hot Tickets at British Museum - Artdaily

The Indus Colony in Mesopotamia – Part 1

DesiPundit (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

(Mesopotamia in 2300 B.C.E) After World War 1, the British Museum and the Penn Museum decided to excavate in Iraq. Since Iraq was under the British mandate, the sites were easily accessible; the only issue was to find the best place to dig. The appr...

Abeno review - piping hot Japanese okonomiyaki prepared on your table's hotplate in London

London Chow -Where to eat in London (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

We were at the British Museum's Moctezuma : Ruler of Aztec and popped by Abeno along Museum Street for a light snack after the exhibition. More precisely, we were gunning for the okonomiyaki, which is a Japanese rosti with chopped cabbage instead of potato strips. Each table has got a metal hotplate installed and that alone, when heated up, is a welcome respite from the chilling wind blowing

Linklog: James Wood on Paul Auster, Jason Bourne on life support, and more

The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

"At the end of the story, the hints that have been scattered like mouse droppings lead us to the postmodern hole in the book where the rodent got in": James Wood, as you might have guessed, is really not terribly keen on Paul Auster . • How Jason Bourne survived his author, only to be horribly tortured . • On books as an investment (broadly: you never can tell ). • A forensic...

Americanface, Episode 21 (in Arts and Culture)

Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Story so far: My job as a night guard in London gets curiouser and curiouser.

Round Barrows

jpequal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Aldbourne Four Barrows was used as a cemetery from 2500 to 1500BC, but apparently the bones have been moved to the British Museum, so the round barrows are not too spooky to stand on. Canon G11 1/30th at f2.8 in a howling wind.

Outings and celebrations . . .

A Miscellany of Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's been a very 'social' weekend. Number one son and I went to the Monteczuma Exhibition at The British Museum on Friday evening. I have to admit almost total ignorance of Monteczuma before the outing. Like many people, I recognised the name (at least I'd heard of 'Montezuma' at any rate!) and knew he was something to do with the Aztecs. We tended to concentrate on European history at school so the...

Saturday Read: Loot, by Sharon Waxman

College Candy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

The subheading of Loot, by Sharon Waxman, is "The battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world," which gives you a pretty good idea of the content. For any of you who have visited big museums such as the Met in New York or The British Museum, you know that the majority of their historical artifacts don't come from their homeland, but rather, fascinating and exotic places like Greece,...

On This Day: Piltdown Man, Supposed “Missing Link,” Exposed as Hoax

findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

On Nov. 21, 1953, British scientists revealed that the fragments from the skull of the Piltdown man, discovered in 1912, were taken from human and orangutan skulls and doctored to look like an early human skull.

British Museum Winter 2009 Events for Children

A Little Corner in Wembley (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

The British Museum continues to attract ever-increasing numbers of families with small children. They offer a wide variety of activities: British Museum - Winter 2009 Events for Children

A Secret Voyage? Zahi Hawass at the British Museum, London in December

Heritage Key blogs (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Have you always wished to meet Dr. Hawass in person? Now is your chance! The world-famous archaeologist comes to London in December and Heritage World Press invites you to a special lecture by the Egyptologist - and maybe even dinner. Zahi Hawass will also introduce his two new books: Inside the Egyptian Museum and A Secret Voyage. Reception & Lecture at the British Museum Tuesday, 8th of December...

Biggest ever pre-launch event for LGBT History Month

LGBT History Month UK (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

The British Museum hosted a day of presentations and workshops yesterday, to encourage celebrations of LGBT History Month, next February, whose theme will be Education and Young People. Students from three local schools took part in a field trip with a difference. They had a special tour of the museum’s LGBT exhibits and had a lesson in a rainbow coloured double decker bus on the museum forecourt....

British Museum Winter 2009 Fun for Children

A Little Corner in Wembley (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Are you looking for children's activities during the Christmas holidays. The British Museum is providing all sorts of events especially for young people.

Staffordshire Hoard on temporary display

a from l (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Above: I went to see some of the items from the Staffordshire Hoard on temporary display at the British Museum. Although I picked a time (just before closing) when the museum is usually fairly empty it was still difficult to get near them. In particular there was a party of elderly French people who leaned over the cabinets with no sign of moving, as if they were mesmerised by the gold. Above: I think...

Repatriation: Finders Keepers?

Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

New York Times (John Tierney) I rather like the picture of the Egyptian statue with suitcases. Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The British Museum does not agree — at least not yet. But never underestimate...

Superbreak Offers Packages to Latest Hit Exhibition at the British Museum

eprnetwork | 10/02/2009

Superbreak, the short break specialist, has created a new range of packages that will allow customers take in the latest exhibition at the British Museum. At the end of September, a major exhibition opened at the British Museum and through Superbreak's services, customers can take care of all their holiday needs - flights, London hotels and exhibition entrance - through one website. This new British

Shutdown Exhibition of the Nude Image of Brooke Shields at British Museum

saifversion | 10/02/2009

Britain's Tate Modern has temporarily closed an exhibition that includes a nude image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields as it was controversial piece of art based on a 1975 nude photograph of actress Brook Shields and it breaches the U.K.'s obscenity laws. The piece shows a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, nude, oiled, and heavily made-up, standing in a bathtub and looking directly at the camera. Read more...

• Nude Image Of 10-Year-Old Brooke Shields Removed From London Exhibit - The PopCrunch Show

Luton to host British Museum’s Ghanaian textile exhibition

wellbeingnewseditor | 07/25/2009

Wellbeing Newsline: Bedfordshire > Edited by Jane Hill: This summer, Wardown Park Museum, Old Bedford Road, Luton will host the British Museum’s touring exhibition called ‘Fabric of a Nation: textiles and identity in modern Ghana’. Wardown Park Museum, in collaboration with the Luton Ghana Society, will hold a traditional African opening procession, with talking drums, to celebrate the arrival of the...