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Counting when, who and how: visualizing the British Museum’s history of acquisition through collection data, 1753–2019

MacDonald, Isobel

Keywords: British Museum; collection; database; history of collecting

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Molecular analysis of black coatings and anointing fluids from ancient Egyptian coffins, mummy cases, and funerary objects

Fulcher, Kate ; Serpico, Margaret ; Taylor, John H. ; Stacey, Rebecca

Keywords: archaeology; ancient Egypt; coffins; mass spectrometry; chromatography

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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 26

Keywords: wall paintings; Ancient Egyptian painting;

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Pots, Prints and Politics: Ceramics with an Agenda, from the 14th to the 20th Century

Ferguson, Patricia F.

Keywords: European art, Asian art, Ceramics

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Weathering climate change in archaeology: conceptual challenges and an East African case study

Petek-Sargeant, Nik ; Lane, Paul J.

Keywords: Weather, Climate change, Kenya, Environmental humanities, East Africa, Ilchamus

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The Berthier-Delagarde Collection of Crimean Jewellery in the BM and Related Material

Andrási, Júlia

Keywords: early medieval, jewellery, Crimea

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Igbo-Ukwu textiles: AMS dating and fiber analysis

McIntosh, Susan Keech ; Cartwright, Caroline R.

Keywords: Igbo-Ukwu, fibres, Nigeria

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Silk Road textiles on banknotes of the Central Asian Republics

Wang, Helen ; Sluka, Victoria

Keywords: textiles, banknotes, Central Asia

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Further thoughts on Varegna, the royal falcon, and Verethragna, the victorious warrior god

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta

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Money on the Silk Road – twenty years on

Keywords: Silk Roads, Money, Aurel Stein

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Weapons in Late Shang (c.1250-1050 BCE) China Beyond Typology and Ritual

Keywords: China, weapons

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Characterising transformation in religious material culture AD 1000-1700: through the study of archaeological finds discovered by the public in England and Wales

Keywords: medieval, religion, material culture

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