lordofkobol: The British Museum Bronze amulet in the form of
elhieroglyph: “The Gayer-Anderson Cat” is an Ancient Egyptian
todayinhistory: January 15th 1759: British Museum opens On this
theladyintweed: Ancient Greek sculpture, in celebration of the
ancientart: The Codex Zouche-Nuttall, pre-Columbian piece
kecobe: Jean Nicolas Laugier (French; 1785–1875) after Louis
aziraphale-is-ace: ratliker1917: weird how they call it “the
Anglo-Saxon artifacts found in the Taplow burial mound, Buckinghamshire,
thegetty: In 1854 the British Museum hired Roger Fenton to test
devil-bat: I found this in the money exhibition at the British
design-is-fine: Watch-cases and pendants of the 17th and 18th
davidjulianhansen:The Elgin Marble aka The Parthenon Marbles.
warriormale: The Greeks were the first to see male nudity as,
britishmuseum: For #AprilFools today, here are some interesting
historyfilia: Map of the WorldFrom the British Museum.This tablet
d-d-dangerous: fieldbears: end0skeletal: Collected from
Hans Thoma (German; 1839–1924) Violinist Playing in a Moonlit
Harry Ellis Wooldridge (British; 1845–1917) Apollo Tending
The Wrestlers, Black chalk on light blue paper, squared for transfer
alanspazzaliartist:The Head of the Warrior, also known as the
elhieroglyph: I took this picture a couple of years ago at the
fuckinmiki: Aztec knife The Trustees of the British Museum The
d-d-dangerous: fieldbears: end0skeletal: Collected from
kecobe: Jean Nicolas Laugier (French; 1785–1875) after Louis
kecobe:Cupid Restraining the Enraged Mars (study for a lost painting)Guercino
marmarinos:Augustus in profile. Detail of a bust of Augustus
museum-of-artifacts: The Ribchester Helmet is a Roman bronze
originalweirdough: whyyoustabbedme: Offered them as loan to
rosematafeo:“That’s why the British museum is so
rosematafeo:“That’s why the British museum is so
ishtargates: Brick from the moon ziggurat with dog paw prints
chewvbacca: me, days after seeing black panther, still thinking
ultrafacts: In 1799 the naturalist George Shaw, Keeper of
The British Museum
The Lachish Relief depicts the Assyrian army laying siege in
theancientworld: trismegistus7: The Emblematic Hand of the