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The earliest evidence of quilting is a circa-3400 B.C. carved ivory figure in the British Museum of an Egyptian pharaoh wearing what looks like a quilted mantle. Quilted clothing and bedding ...
The British Museum Press has published its first major book on pharaohs in over a decade. Pharaoh: art and power in ancient Egypt explores the ideals, symbolism, and iconography of pharaonic rule.
The British Museum (BM) exhibition, Pharaoh, opened at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on 14 June and is the largest exhibition the museum has ever sent overseas. It was eight years in ...
In the largest loan ever made by the British Museum, the NGV will stage Pharaoh, an exhibition made up of over 550 artefacts ranging from delicate works of jewellery to the wall of a tomb.
Masterworks of Ancient Art From the British Museum, "which opens Aug. 10. "If one considers the greatest wish of the pharaoh, which was eternal life, this would be exactly what he wanted," said ...
The Rosetta Stone, an ancient artefact from 196 BC, takes pride of place in the Egyptian Collection at the British Museum The Liverpool ... the statues of ancient pharaohs, we now show the boots ...