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  • av Axelle Russo
    140,-

    The ultimate picture book - packed with wonderful, quirky, amusing and delightful images from the British Museum. There is no text at all: the pictures, and combinations of pictures, speak for themselves

  • av John Cherry
    110,-

    This book explores the meaning and history of this fascinating object, and tells the tale of its remarkable survival and eventual passage to the British Museum.

  • - Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
    av Regina Krahl
    206,-

  • - An Ancient Greek Temple and its Sculptures
    av Ian Jenkins
    100,-

  • av Paul Collins
    346,-

    Between the 9th and 7th centuries BC the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded through conquest to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. This book presents visual introduction to some of the greatest works of art from the ancient world, showcasing a series of photographs of the British Museum's collection of Assyrian sculptures.

  • av Sonja Marzinzik
    110,-

  • av Neal Spencer
    110,-

  • av Ian Jenkins
    346,-

    The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivalled examples of classical Greek art that have inspired millions since their creation in the fifth century BC. This book serves as a superb visual introduction to these magnificent sculptures.

  • av Marjorie Caygill
    346,-

    This timely new edition brings the story up to date, with chapters on important acquisitions made by the Museum in the last fifteen years, including the Warren Cup and the `Queen of the Night¿. A beautiful redesign incorporating full colour photography throughout gives this classic volume a fresh new look.

  • - Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings
    av Angela McDonald
    136,-

    A handy and colourful illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases.

  • av Gareth Williams
    110,-

    A beautifully designed introduction to the most spectacular hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found.

  • av Richard Parkinson
    110,-

    The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt, and opened up 3,000 years of that country's history and culture.

  • - Hieroglyph Edition
    av Beatrix Potter
    120,-

    The full and complete text of Beatrix Potter's world-famous and universally loved Tale of Peter Rabbit faithfully translated and transcribed page for page into the hieroglyphic script of an Egyptian of the Middle Kingdom and illustrated with all the original colour artwork by the author herself. Ages 3+.

  • - Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century
    av Andrew Burnett & Kim Sloan
    346,-

    The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding the world.

  • av Ian Jenkins
    200,-

    Through photographs and drawings, this authoritative book reconstructs the Frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary. The superb quality of the carving is revealed in a series of close-up photographs.

  • av James Robinson
    110,-

    The Lewis chessmen were found under mysterious circumstances on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in 1831.

  • av David Cobb
    140,-

    Composed of 17 syllables, haiku can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This is a selection of 60 classic haiku by masters such as Basho and features an explanatory introduction to the form and brief biographical notes of major authors.

  • av Juliet Clutton-Brock
    150,-

  • av Susan Walker
    110,-

    The Portland Vase was probably made during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). A work of outstanding technical skill, it is apparently decorated with scenes of love and marriage, the precise meaning of which has been the cause of much debate and interpretation.

  • - Interpreting the Evidence
    av T. C. Mitchell
    170,-

    The links between archaeology and the Bible have fascinated generations of archaeologists and biblical scholars who seek documentation of events narrated in the Bible. This work selects over 70 such documents, mainly from Western Asia, with some examples included from Greece, Egypt and Asia Minor.

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