Trajan's Market Museum, Rome
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Torre delle Milizie, Rome
Torre delle Milizie, Rome
Trajan’s Column, Rome
Dome of the Pantheon
Dome of the Pantheon
Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome
The Coffins of Nespawershefyt, Egyptian Official, 990-940 BC
The coffin and mummy board of Nespawershefyt (also known as Nes-Amun) dates from the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, between 990-940 BC. It is decorated in the ‘yellow coffin’ style, with elaborate religious scenes and bands of text. Nespawershefyt was Chief of Scribes, a high-ranking civil servant in the Temple of Amun Re at Karnak. … Continue reading The Coffins of Nespawershefyt, Egyptian Official, 990-940 BC
Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Pictish Symbol Stones
The National Museum of Scotland has a wonderful collection of Pictish symbol stones; monumental stelae carved by the Pictish inhabitants of Scotland during the 6th-9th centuries.
The Ballachulish Figure, an Iron Age Sculpture
The Ballachulish Figure The mysterious Ballachulish figure is a roughly life-sized figure of a girl or goddess, carved from a single piece of alder, with pebbles for eyes. It was found in 1880, in Ballachulish, in Inverness-shire, Scotland and dates to the Iron Age, around 600 BC. The wooden sculpture was found in a bog overlooking the … Continue reading The Ballachulish Figure, an Iron Age Sculpture
Skeletons from the Natural History Museum
Whales: Beneath the Surface was the Natural History Museum's latest exhibition, timed to coincide with the unveiling of the new entrance hall, where childhood favourite Dippy has been replaced by a blue whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling. It was open to the public from 14 July 2017 until 28 February 2018.
