The sands of time: ancient Egypt and early film
Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film, British Film Institute From Cairo to the Pyramids ( Pathé, 1905). The British Museum’s new exhibition Ancient lives, new discoveries uses the latest imaging...
View ArticleThe Holy Roman Empire: from Charlemagne to Napoleon
Joachim Whaley, Professor of German History and Thought, University of Cambridge Replica crown of the Holy Roman Empire, 1913. © Anne Gold, Städtische Museen for the City Hall, Aachen The object...
View ArticleThe many faces of Napoleon: ‘Little Boney’ or Napoleon le Grand?
Sheila O’Connell, Curator: British Prints, British Museum On a Tuesday at the end of January, we unpacked the marvellous large bronze head of Napoleon Bonaparte made by Antonio Canova for Lord and Lady...
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