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Photos of original 1939 Sutton Hoo dig go on show
BBC via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe images, taken in August 1939, show the excavation in progress [National Trust] Original photographs taken of the 1939 excavation of an immense ship...
‘Sutton Hoo king’s lost temple’ discovered in Suffolk
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTreasure from the Sutton Hoo site on display at the British Museum - David Rose A lost...
What are the most famous items kept at the British Museum?
Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoA curator at the British Museum has been identified as the worker who was dismissed after items went...
Strange lights, tropical heatwaves and a smiling dwarf: Is the British Museum haunted by ghosts?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIn 2015, writes Noah Angell in his new book, Ghosts of the British Museum, “a Dutch couple...
Dig at UK housing site yields major 7th century treasures
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the...
Ghostbusters plus post-colonial theory in the British Museum? Oh dear
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAs if the British Museum didn’t have enough problems – the arguments raging over the restitution of...
The cult of tech could push us into a new Dark Age
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 1086, the mechanisms of the Norman State achieved one of the most impressive feats of tabulation in history; a meticulous record of almost every inch...