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 ...

An archaeological find of Iron Age artifacts including horse harnesses, chariots and tires sheds new light on English life ...

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 ...

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...

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

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, ...

The most-visited attraction in the UK for the second year in a row was the British Museum, according to official figures. The famous London museum saw 6,479,952 visitors through its doors in 2024 ...