A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

The British Museum, renowned for its vast and diverse collection of over eight million artifacts, continues to draw global ...

A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian tablet preserving wax, in the British Museum. ( The Trustees of the British Museum) The writing ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

The Western Range makes up one third of the museum’s footprint and is home to the collections from ancient Egypt, Greece, and ...

Even while Carnegie’s original vision of his museum has been greatly expanded ... including “Egyptian capitals, Assyrian pavements, Phoenician reliefs, Greek temple porches, Hellenistic ...

For the second year running, one London museum has been named the most popular tourist attraction in the entire United Kingdom. In fact, in the data from the Association of Leading Visitor ...

British Museum: 6.5 million (+11%) Natural History Museum ... Yet the museum remains a steward of human history, from Assyrian lion hunts to the Lewis Chessmen. The 2000 Great Court ...

It’s hard to describe classic British dishes without reinforcing the stereotype that English food is bland, beige and soggy. Fish pie: a monochromatic pairing of milky cod and mashed potato.

The British Museum has welcomed a new slate of trustees, including Dr. Tiffany Jenkins, an academic and author staunchly opposed to returning stolen antiquities like the Parthenon Marbles. Jenkins, ...