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The British Museum's collection has grown in many ways over the past three centuries, starting with the 1753 Act of Parliament which purchased for the public Sir Hans Sloane's collection of over ...

English artist known for her 'paper mosaiks', Mary Delany (née Granville 1700–1788) lived in England and Ireland. In her 70s, Delany invented a form of paper-cutting or decoupage, which she called her ...

The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) is an unprecedented initiative run by the British Museum. It aims to call attention to, research and preserve the crafts, skills, practices and ...

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Follow the Egyptian mummification process step by step. This resource helps students understand the process of mummification and encourages them to consider a range of resources in their enquiries.

Ancient Egyptians wrote using signs called hieroglyphs. When writing in hieroglyphs, they would draw a special oval shape with a line at one end around a king or queen's name. This shape is called a ...

In ancient Egypt, counting and mathematics were important in many parts of daily life. People used maths to figure out how much food they needed, to measure the land they farmed and to build their ...

Each year the British Museum and the Marsh Charitable Trust recognise the contribution of volunteers across the United Kingdom through the 'Volunteers for Museum Learning Award'. The award celebrates ...

Pottery: Panathenaic amphora with lid. Designs in panels with accessories of buff and white; the latter faded. On the-neck, double honeysuckle. (a) Athene standing to right between two Doric columns, ...

Marvel at the Renaissance treasures collected by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild MP (1839–1898), displayed in a new gallery at the British Museum. The Waddesdon Bequest is a collection of nearly 300 ...