A petition to reinstate the term has already garnered 6,800 signatures. Bust of Pharaoh Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great, part of the Egyptian collection of statues and artifacts at the British Museum ...
A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...
Nicholas Cullinan will take over the London institution as it faces the fallout from a theft scandal and calls for the return of objects in its collection. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London The ...
Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France—a ...
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