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Conserving an ancient Egyptian shroud British Museum Stitching the semi-transparent net to the cotton below to avoid stitching th...

Angareeb – a living Sudanese tradition Sudan National Museum New beds stacked up in Omdurman market near Khartoum In November, cl...

What can we do to preserve an ancient Egyptian shroud? British Museum This is the latest in a series of posts about the unfolding ...

Treasures of Heaven british museum Next month, over 120 sacred relics (the physical remains or belongings of saints) will begin a...

The doors are open but the work goes on…british museum Many people think that once an exhibition is open then the work of the cur...

Unearthing the story of the Hackney Hoard British Museum Ian Richardson holds up one of the gold coins. © Portable Antiquities Sch...

Trips to Xiamen Museum and Lanzhou conference on paper conservation British Museum The conservation studio at Shanghai Museum is ...

Putting the Chiseldon Cauldrons in context British Museum I am the curator responsible for the European Iron Age collection at the...

Ancient Egyptian spells for a high-ranking lady of the court British Museum This is the latest in a series of posts about the unfo...

Working with Chinese master scroll-mounters British Museum A few weeks into my secondment, I started working under the guidance ...

Scientific investigation of the Norwich shroud British Museum Research Fellow Emma Passmore taking UV images of the shroud. © Nor...

Looking back on the 2012 season in the cemeteries at Amara West british museum Michaela Binder, Durham University After seven week...

President Karzai opens Afghanistan exhibition On 22 February 2011, we began a week of previews for the exhibition, including a co...

A year’s placement in Shanghai British Museum Over the coming months I will be writing regularly about my experiences in the Paint...

Piecing together the Chiseldon cauldrons puzzle British Museum As is often the case, the painstaking process of excavating the ca...