British Museum News
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A regal Helen Mirren, promiscuous Romans, and Grandmaster Flash are among Muse’s arts and leisure recommendations for London this weekend.
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Pale Ophelia floats in a tangle of flowers, yet her open-mouthed expression suggests not the coming of death but an artist’s model immersed too long in a cold bath.
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“Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum” at London’s British Museum is an exhibition that immerses you in the ancient world.
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An Ice-Age nude, a legendary boat race and a gourmet Easter Egg meal are among Muse’s arts and leisure recommendations this weekend.
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The British Museum said it will lend Iran an ancient artifact known as the Cyrus Cylinder for a period of four months, allowing the treasure to be featured in an exhibition opening Sept. 12 at the National Museum of Iran.
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The more history unfolds, the less the description “Homo sapiens” -- man the wise -- seems to fit. Perhaps we should speak instead of Homo pictor, man the painter, or of human beings as the sculpting species.
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The British Museum said it will prolong its loan to Iran of an ancient artifact for three more months, meeting a request by the Iranian authorities.
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At least 3,500 visitors to the British Museum in London were evacuated today after an odd smell caused eye and throat irritation, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported on its Web site.
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Senior political figures appeared at the opening reception for the British Museum ’s new exhibition “Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World.” Speeches were made by the U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Afghan President Hamid Karzai , the latter dressed in his trademark robes. Other leading politicians were in the audience.
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Edouard Manet once took umbrage at a sarcastic remark someone made about one of his paintings. He ran the offender through the shoulder with a sword.
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