Resultaten gefilterd op "British Museum Press"

The Warren Cup

Dyfri Williams

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Objects in Focus
• This is the book to accompany a special display at the British Museum, telling the unique story of this exquisitely crafted Roman silver drinking cup,... Lees meer

Birds

Mavis Pilbeam

• Paperback | Engels
• Each striking image in this beautiful anthology is matched with a poem about the same species. Some were composed by our best-loved writers - includin... Lees meer

Ramesside Ostraca

R J Demaree

• Hardcover | Engels
• This volume is the first in the British Museum's Egyptian catalogue series to be devoted to ostraca, as oppose to other inscribed media. It publishes ... Lees meer

Tell Dafana Reconsidered

Francois Leclere, Jeffrey Spencer

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 199
• A comprehensive re-evaluation of the objects discovered in the 1886 excavation by at Tell Dafana and a new assessment of the site's significance from ... Lees meer

The Mildenhall Treasure

Richard Hobbs

• Paperback | Engels
• Discovered in Suffolk in 1942, the Mildenhall Treasure is one of the most important collections of Late Roman silver tableware from the Roman Empire. ... Lees meer

The Hajj

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 193
• Following on the British Museum's critically acclaimed exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, this volume provides over thirty papers on the ... Lees meer

Hokusai

Timothy Clark

• Hardcover | Engels
• Shortlisted in the Exhibition Catalogues category in the British Book Design and Production Awards 2022 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is considered b... Lees meer

Nero

Thorsten Opper

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the best known and simultaneously most notorious figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is usually characterised as a tyrannical and in... Lees meer

Ceramic Exchange and the Indian Ocean Economy (Ad 400-1275)

Seth M N Priestman

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 223
• From AD 500-1000, the Indian Ocean emerged as a global commercial center, and by around 750-800 a sophisticated trade network had been established inv... Lees meer

Beyond El Dorado

Elisenda Vila Llonch

• Paperback | Engels
• Among the cultures of the northern Andes, gold has been revered above all other materials. Gold was believed to be a product of the Sun, the supreme p... Lees meer

Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā in eastern India has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation and attained enlightenment.... Lees meer

Pots, Prints and Politics

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• From the introduction of woodblock printing in China to the development of copper-plate engraving in Europe, the print medium has been used around the... Lees meer

Sicily

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 222
• The island of Sicily is at the heart of the Mediterranean and from ancient times to the present day it has been a hub of migration and settlement. Fol... Lees meer

Burma to Myanmar

Alexandra Green

• Hardcover | Engels
• This beautiful book explores the histories and cultures of Myanmar - also known as Burma - prompting readers to reconsider pre-existing notions of thi... Lees meer

Luxury and Power

James Fraser

• Hardcover | Engels
• Luxurious objects are celebrated for their exoticism, rarity and style, but also disparaged as indulgent, extravagant and corrupt. The ancient origins... Lees meer

Gesture and Line

John-Paul Stonard, Michael Semff

• Paperback | Engels
• From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of post-war artists in Germany and Austria. This publicatio... Lees meer

Regarding the Dead

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 197
• The British Museum holds approximately 6,000 human remains, the majority of which were recovered in the past century. Regarding the Dead addresses the... Lees meer

The medieval cookbook

Maggie Black

• Paperback | Engels
• Drawn from 14th- and 15th-century sources- including works by Geoffrey Chaucer- and carefully adapted to suit the modern kitchen, this beautifully ill... Lees meer

Prints and Printmaking

Antony Griffiths

• Paperback | Engels
• This revised work provides a basic introduction to prints and printmaking. It provides explanations of different techniques of printmaking and illustr... Lees meer

How To Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A step-by-step guide to teach yourself

Mark Collier, Bill Manley, Richard Parkinson

• Hardcover | Engels
• Have you ever wished that you could read the beautiful hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt for yourself? Now you can, with the help of this practical... Lees meer

The Sutton Hoo Helmet

Sonja Marzinzik

• Paperback | Engels | Object in Focus
• This short book in the 'British Museum Objects in Focus' series looks at one of the most striking and emblematic finds from Anglo-Saxon England. It pr... Lees meer

Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire

• Hardcover | Engels
• Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (collectively referred to as 'Indigenous') cultural heritage of ex... Lees meer

Bonaparte and the British

Tim Clayton, Sheila O'Connell

• Paperback | Engels
• Not only was Waterloo one of the most decisive battles ever fought, was also a crucial event in European political and social history, ending over 20 ... Lees meer

Ming

Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall

• Paperback | Engels
• Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of the... Lees meer