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British Museum hails ‘homecoming’ of world’s oldest map of the stars

The British Museum has welcomed the “homecoming” of the Nebra Sky Disc which features Cornish gold to their Stonehenge exhibition. The piece is 3,600 years old and is said to be the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars. The 30cm bronze disc ...

26 Jan 2022 at 13:55

British Museum launches hieroglyphs exhibition to mark special anniversary

The British Museum has launched a major exhibition to mark 200 years since the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The exhibition, which opens to the public on October 13, explores the inscriptions and objects that helped academics ...

05 Jul 2022 at 14:47

London museum returns looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin City in 1897, ...

29 Nov 2022 at 00:34

Just Stop Oil activists lie in Harrods bed as fuel poverty protests sweep UK

Just Stop Oil activists tucked themselves into a Harrods display bed as part of fuel poverty protests sweeping the UK. Footage of so-called “warm up” demonstrations on Saturday also showed security guards confronting protesters ...

03 Dec 2022 at 17:18

Archaeologist who discovered lost Iraq temple: People said I was making it up

The archaeologist who led the discovery of a lost Sumerian temple in the ancient city of Girsu has said he was accused by disbelieving peers of “making it up” and wasting funding. The find in Tello in the south of Iraq is the ...

17 Feb 2023 at 14:52

Food banks and second-hand dancing shoes – the struggles that led to the strikes

Striking workers have told of the struggles that are forcing them to join walkouts on Wednesday – including the use of food banks and buying second-hand dancing shoes for their children. Teachers, train drivers, civil ...

01 Feb 2023 at 11:29

University staff and civil servants stage fresh strikes over pay and conditions

University staff and civil servants staged more walkouts on Tuesday as figures revealed the UK recorded the highest number of working days lost to strike action for more than a decade in December. Tens of thousands ...

14 Feb 2023 at 12:55

Land Registry and DVLA staff to stage more strikes in pay row

Civil servants are to hold more strikes in the increasingly bitter dispute over pay, jobs, pensions and conditions. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said its members working for the Land Registry and ...

15 Feb 2023 at 16:18

Study reveals insights into sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins

Archaeologists have described the contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins. The mummification of animals was a widespread practice in ancient Egypt and previous research has suggested some mummified ...

20 Apr 2023 at 18:54

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Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, a move which could have a knock-on effect for the world’s thorniest cultural heritage dispute: the ...

02 May 2023 at 19:26

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Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta Stone

Thousands of Egyptians have demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum. The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian ...

30 Nov 2022 at 09:42

British Museum shuts doors to visitors early after protest

The British Museum was forced to shut its doors early due to a protest against climate change and in support of Palestine. The London institution said on its website that it closed at 2.45pm on ...

24 Mar 2024 at 19:04

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