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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
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 over 1,500 mainly gold and silver items and has been compared in importance...
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A Little Corner in Wembley (Free subscription) | yesterday
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
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Heritage Key blogs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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...
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A Little Corner in Wembley (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Are you looking for children's activities during the Christmas holidays. The British Museum is providing all sorts of events especially for young people.
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College Candy (Free subscription) | yesterday
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,...
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | yesterday
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.
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LGBT History Month UK (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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....
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a from l (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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...
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PhotoTopix Photography Forum (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
*Photographers Comments* After we left the British Museum, we made our way down Whitehall and over Westminster Bridge as we walked to the Royal...
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Illicit Cultural Property (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I recommend Tom Flynn's comprehensive overview of the cultural panel which took place Tuesday at LSE. It sounds like it was much of the same kinds of polite disagreements which these kinds of events typically produce. Here's a flavor of Tom's reaction: Cuno's highly political presentation — which, paradoxically, sought to criticize what he saw as the politicisation of culture by source nations...
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Archaeoastronomy (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
These are my links for 16th of November through 18th of November: The Academic Journal Racket « In the DarkTelescoper explains how academic publishing works. The only thing that would improbe the post would be the theme from 'The Naked Gun' in the background. A Case in Antiquities for ‘Finders Keepers’ – NYTimes.comYou can make arguments in [...]
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Heritage Key blogs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Tonight at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Director of the New Acropolis Museum Dimitrios Pandermalis will hold a what promises to be a fascinating lecture. 'Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum, Athens' will no doubt touch on the 'missing marbles', the Parthenon Friezes currently held in the British Museum. Will Pandermalis launch another call for their return? Brian...
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Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Viktor Koen From New York Times: 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 Dr. Hawass when it comes to this sort of custody...
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PhotoTopix Photography Forum (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
*Photographers Comments* One of the many fabulous statues in the Greek Room. Thank you British Museum. Thank you for looking and all comments...
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