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Dynamism and scale in Western Asian Bronze Age trade networks
Cultural contacts and exchange are constituents of human behavior – ancient and modern. Within archaeology, particularly in that of Western Asia, the topic and related phenomena have been intensively studied during the last decades, leading to a re-evaluation of the cultural and economic, as well as physical landscapes throughout the...D’Alfonso , Lorenzo ; Highcock, Nancy A.
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New Kingdom strings in the collection of the British Museum
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Meeks, Nigel ; La Niece, Susan ; Guerra, Maria
Ancient Egypt, science, gold, archaeology, and jewellery
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Necklace British Museum EA3077 said to be from Thebes
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Meeks, Nigel ; La Niece, Susan ; Quirke, Stephen ; Guerra, Maria
Ancient Egypt, science, gold, archaeology, and jewellery
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Second Intermediate Period jewellery in the collection of the British Museum
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...La Niece, Susan ; Miniaci, G. ; Hacke, Marei ; Guerra, Maria
gold, jewellery, Ancient Egypt, and archaeology
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Predynastic and Early Dynastic goldwork from Abydos
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Guerra, Maria ; Meeks, Nigel ; Quirke, Stephen
Ancient Egypt, gold, Abydos, and archaeology
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Granulation in Egypt and the cylindrical amulet from Haraga
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Guerra, Maria ; Meeks, Nigel
Ancient Egypt, gold, amulet, and archaeology
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Finger rings
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Guerra, Maria ; La Niece, Susan ; Meeks, Nigel ; Quirke, Stephen ; Troalen, L.
Ancient Egypt, gold, rings, and archaeology
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The Roman coin hoard
Specialist report in a report on sites excavated by Archaeology South-East and Surrey County Archaeological UnitClifford, Trista ; Ghey, Eleanor
archaeology, coins, and Roman
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The Assyrian fort at Usu Aska in Iraqi Kurdistan
MacGinnis, John
Usu Ask, archaeology, and Assyria
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A Parthian Manor on the Lower Zab
MacGinnis, John
Lower Zab, Parthia, and archaeology
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A toy coach from London
Shirt study of a small lead toy from London as an example of practices of ephemera. This object probably only survives as it was discarded, perhaps after being repurposed, perhaps by a small child.Lewis, Michael
toy, ephemera, and archaeology
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Shared histories: New work in British Museum and British Library collections
Since their formal separation following the British Library Act of 1972, the British Museum and British Library have largely taken separate paths. Several recent collaborations have aimed to study papyrological material across both institutions, addressing one or more of three strands of enquiry, 1. knowledge gained through systematic documentation of...O'Connell, Elisabeth
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The small finds
Part of a multi-author chapter discussing late and post-medieval finds from excavations on the island of Kinolhas, illustrating links with South Asia, the Middle East and East Africa, and illustrating the importance of the Maldives within Indian Ocean networks.Abe, Yoshinari ; Dussubieux, Laure ; Wood, Marilee ; Haour, Anne ; Simpson, St John
archaeology, Indian Ocean, and Maldives
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Early medieval industries of Khurasan and evidence for the mining, working and export of talc cooking pots, and small items of jet and turquoise
Discussion of textual evidence for the exploitation of different resources in Khurasan, and how archaeological evidence from Merv shows the import of talc cooking pots, and small items of jet and turquoise from neighbouring highland Iran in the early medieval period, with the implications that they raiseSimpson, St John
archaeology, Khurasan, and Merv
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Cipro, fra Torino e Londra. I Cesnola e il British Museum/Cyprus, From Turin to London. The Cesnolas and the British Museum
An overview of the collections of Cypriot artefacts in the British Museum and the Musei Reali di Torino and connections with the Cesnola family.Kiely, Thomas
archaeology and Cyprus
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Poachers turned gamekeepers? The British Museum’s archaeological agents in Cyprus, 1893−1899
An account of the agents working for the British Museum in Cyprus in the late 19th century.Kiely, Thomas
19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus
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From Salamis to Bloomsbury: Transporting the Bull’s Head Capital to the British Museum
An account of the transportation of the famous marble bull's head capital discovered in the 1890 excavations at Salamis to the British Museum.Kiely, Thomas
archaeology, Cyprus, and Salamis
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Auf Max Ohnefalsch-Richter Spuren im British Museum
An overview of the relationship between the archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter Spuren and the British Museum.Kiely, Thomas
British Museum, archaeology, and Cyprus