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

English Medieval Coin Hoards

Barrie Cook

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The late 12th and 13th centuries witnessed complete national recoinages in 1180, 1247 and 1279, with the entire national stock of money reminted. Afte... 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

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

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

Acropolis Restored

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The individual contributors to these papers tell the story of the dedicated and detailed efforts to understand the work of previous generations on the... Lees meer

Santa Isabel

Ben Burt, Geoffrey White

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• This portrait of Santa Isabel in over 600 pictures shows an island transformed by its colonial history yet maintaining a confident and distinctive ide... Lees meer

The Hay Archive of Coptic Spells on Leather

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The Hay archive of Coptic manuscripts consists of seven fragmentary sheets of leather bearing spells for divination, protection, healing, personal adv... Lees meer

Munch and His World

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• The art of Edvard Munch is striking for the originality and universality of its themes, which cross moments in place and time. Yet he was very much an... Lees meer

Late Hokusai

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• This publication has been developed from ideas first presented at the international symposium Late Hokusai: thought, technique, society, held at the B... Lees meer

English Medieval Coin Hoards 2

Marion Archibald, Gareth Williams

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• This volume presents details, images, and discussion of the contents of twenty English coin hoards, ranging in date from the 730s to the 1090s. Found ... Lees meer

China's 1800s

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• Material and visual culture of China's long 19th century is understandably overshadowed by the traumatic warfare, land shortages, famines and uprising... Lees meer

Amaravati

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 207
• Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third century BCE. The Andhra region, located along the south-... 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

Perfect Bodies

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 188
• By presenting rigorous situated histories of changing training regimen in different cultures, this collection of papers collectively challenge orthodo... Lees meer

Kom Firin

Neal Spencer

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 192
• The second and final publication of the British Museum's fieldwork at Kom Firin, presenting key findings from the western Nile Delta, a little-explore... Lees meer

The Cuerdale Hoard and Related Viking-Age Silver and Gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum

James Graham-Campbell

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 185
• The catalogue focuses on the entire non-numismatic contents of the Cuerdale hoard (discovered in 1840), together with all the other hoards and single-... Lees meer

Sailing the Monsoon Winds in Miniature

Charlotte Dixon

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• Models of non-European watercrafts are commonly found in museum collections in the UK and throughout the world. These objects are understudied, rarely... Lees meer

The Papyrus of Nebseni (Bmea 9900)

Gunther Lapp

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 139
• This paper contains transcriptions of chapter 180 from the Book of the Dead, and a brief discussion of the sources. Chapter 180 occurs twice in the Ne... Lees meer

Matter of Faith

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 195
• A landmark publication of essays resulting from the Treasures from Heaven conference at the British Museum, exploring the relationship between sacred ... Lees meer

Chairman Mao Badges

Helen Wang

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• Millions of Chairman Mao badges were produced during China's Cultural Revolution, and were worn by almost all Chinese people, from Premier Zhou Enlai ... Lees meer

The Heritage of 'Maître Alpais'

Stefan Röhrs

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications | nr. 182
• Focusing on the differences and similarities between the renowned 'Alpais' Limoges ciborium, dated to c. 1200, in the Musée du Louvre, and examples in... Lees meer

New Light on Old Glass

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the f... Lees meer

Greek and Roman Medicine at the British Museum

Jackson Ralph

• Paperback | Engels | British Museum Research Publications
• As a study of the subject through its material remains, this book will be a unique contribution to the understanding of ancient medical implements and... Lees meer