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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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Early evidence for cancer in Sudan: an advanced example of bone metastases from ancient Nubia (circa 2500–2050 BCE)

Whiting, Rebecca ; Phillips, Emma L. W. ; O'Flynn, Daniel ; Antoine, Daniel

Keywords: cancer, Nubia, Sudan

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The bad side of recycling: the use of ancient coins as a source of material for modern forgeries

Perucchetti, Laura ; Dowler, Amelia

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Hoarding in Roman Britain: an archaeological and contextual approach

Keywords: numismatics, coin hoards, Roman Britain

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Understanding the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 through the Bayeux Tapestry

Keywords: Norman Conquest, Bayeux Tapestry

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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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Re-membering Osiris: Late Period casting moulds and Osirian ritual

Verly, Georges ; Auenmüller, Johannes ; Delvaux, Luc ; W. Rademakers, Frederik

Keywords: casting techniques; lost-wax; Osiris

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