Showing posts with label British Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Museum. Show all posts
Thursday, 22 October 2026

Mummy (Terror at the British Museum)

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For today's countdown to Halloween, an old horror classic. It's not Halloween without at least one mummy . This one comes from the g...
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Thursday, 8 August 2024

Bastet Plushy

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Muse um .Today is International Cat Day and to celebrate, they are giving away pl...
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023

November in one painting

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I found this picture on the Facebook page of the British Muse um . I loved it and I am sharing it here because, well, because it is a beaut...
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Thursday, 15 June 2023

Gilgamesh

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This picture was shared yesterday on the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It represents Gilgamesh and his sidekick Enkidu from, wel...
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Friday, 31 March 2023

Japanese tea-bowl

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On the treasures one can find on the Facebook page of the British Muse um . This one, shared a few days ago, caught my attention. It is a t...
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Saturday, 7 January 2023

Janus

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I share this picture which I found on the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It is a coin whith the depiction of the Roman god Janus . ...
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Friday, 11 November 2022

The 11th Hour

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I left the blog about Remembrance Day to the eleventh hour, when the Armistice was signed . I was idle and I procrastinated, however to my ...
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Saturday, 23 July 2022

The Coolest Chess Pieces

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I found this picture in the Facebook page of the British Muse um a few days ago. They are called Lewis Chessmen because they were found on...
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Thursday, 17 February 2022

Jade Owl

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I found this picture in the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It is a pendant, probably reprensint an owl, made of jade . You can read...
Thursday, 3 February 2022

The Year of the Tiger

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I found this picture in the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It was shared to celebrate online the Chinese New Year . It's a tige...
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022

Jade teapot

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I found this picture in the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It is not an antique, it was actually made in 2017, by Chinese artist Yu...
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Saturday, 6 March 2021

Ancient board games

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I found this picture on the Facebook page of the British Museum . It is part of this blog post , to be precise. It represents a lion and a g...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Greek Nativity Scene

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After becoming the cradle of cilivilisation and of maybe the coolest mythology ever, Greece became the cradle of Christianity and maybe its ...
Sunday, 23 August 2020

Emperor Augustus

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Muse um , which reminded me earlier this month that August is named after Empero...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

The lions of the British Museum

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Muse um . They shared it recently because it was World Lion Day. I did not know su...
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Friday, 31 July 2020

Anglo-Saxon Helmet

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Muse um . It is an Anglo-Saxon helmet found in a burial mound. More about it her...
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Friday, 12 June 2020

Roman Britain

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Museum . It is the statuette of a horseman and his horse made in Roman Britain in ...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Hypnos

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This picture comes from the Facebook page of the British Museum . It is a Roman sculpture based on a Greek original representing Hypnos ,...
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Sunday, 3 May 2020

Pazuzu

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Here is something else interesting that I found today on the Facebook page of the British Museum :the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu . Over 2,60...
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Saturday, 11 April 2020

Feline netsuke

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We have a new word of the day, which I literally learned today. It is provided by the Facebook page of the British Museum : netsuke . Which...
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