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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 ...
But what happened after this golden age of the pharaohs? The centuries that followed ... Christianity and Islam. The British Museum's new exhibition starts with a brilliant display of major ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.