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Turkey backs Greece over reclaiming Elgin Marbles from ‘colonialist’ UK
Daily Telegraph· 12 hours agoThe Greek government maintains that Lord Elgin stole the ancient sculptures from Athens in the 19th...
What happens on the British Museum’s £950 private tour
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt would be an exaggeration to say that, in the summer daylight of 8.55am, Great Russell Street is...
I took my kids on a British Museum out-of-hours tour, it was even better than I expected
USA TODAY via AOL· 4 days agoI first learned about the British Museum’s Out of Hours tours while doing a general sweep of...
Reward offered in search for stolen Bronze Age torc
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe torc is larger than usual examples and is made of 730g (1lb 10oz) of almost pure gold [Trustees of the British Museum] The charity Crimestoppers is...
Top Sunak advisor selected for Tory safe seat
Daily Telegraph· 18 hours agoOne of Rishi Sunak’s closest advisers has been selected to contest a safe Conservative seat in the general election. Will Tanner, the Prime Minister’s...
How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans did -...
EconoTimes· 2 hours agoMany people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy...
Simple, Practical, And Catchy: The Philosophy That Lasts
Forbes· 5 days agoThe philosophy that persists tends to be outside laborious, technical texts but from easy-to-grasp,...
Bronze and Iron Age treasure to stay in Dorset
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe 40 gold stater coins originate from France in the 2nd Century BC [PAS/The British Museum] The Middle Bronze Age hoard, found in Stalbridge, consists...
Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBritish physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane’s extensive holdings of books, manuscripts and...
A man paid $25 to look for buried treasure. After getting lost, he stumbled upon a Bronze Age hoard.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMiddle Bronze Age rapier, a bangle, and a palstave axe head.PAS/The British Museum, Surrey County...