Have you ever wished that you could read the beautiful hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt for y...

This portrait of Santa Isabel in over 600 pictures shows an island transformed by its colonial hi...

To the ancient Greeks the human body in sculpture was both an object of sensory delight and an ex...

The Bayeux Tapestry is a triumph of medieval art, demonstrating exceptional storytelling and an u...

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most significant surviving objects in European history. This bo...

An entertaining and accessible reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry in its entirety - folding out ...

A history of Korean art and culture told through an extraordinary collection of objects from the ...

A landmark study of an underappreciated printmaking technique - the woodcut - exploring its explo...

This second volume of haiku focusing on the animal kingdom takes you on a journey through a singl...

Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the worl...

Drawing on the cuisine of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Henry VIII's brea...

An exciting, wide-ranging exploration of the power and diversity of female figures of worship in ...

Praise for the exhibition ***** The Telegraph ***** The Times ***** Daily Telegraph **** The Even...

Beautifully illustrated with an array of Japanese art, this book offers a closer look at the rich...

For nearly three hundred years, from the end of the eighth century AD until approximately 1100, t...

An accessible introduction that reveals the importance of Greek inscriptions in the understanding...

Beautifully illustrated gift book on the prints and drawings of Albrecht Dürer, the first truly i...

A volume exploring the ramifications of placing objects first and foremost in the comparative stu...

Netsuke have once again come to the fore in the popular imagination of the public. In part this i...

Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the statue and contextual images, and including archi...

This revised work provides a basic introduction to prints and printmaking. The book provides expl...

Winner of the 2017 IFPDA Book Award, honouring excellence in research, scholarship, and the discu...

Hiroshige was one of Japan's most talented, prolific and popular artists. Famed for his landscape...

This panoramic illustrated history explores the varied styles, techniques and materials used to m...

Tracing the final 30 years of Michelangelo's career, this book examines how the great master used...

This book will investigate the most interesting and bountiful hoard discoveries as well as studyi...

Beatrix Potter's best-loved The Tale of Peter Rabbit told in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Based ...

'The Great Wave' is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. ...

The Viking ship is one of the most iconic images of the Vikings and the longship in particular ha...

Ian Jenkins, a world expert on Ancient Greek sculpture, describes and explains these wonderful sc...

The British Museum watch collection is unsurpassed anywhere in the world, and tells the story of ...

This important publication brings together substantial holdings in two Departments at the British...

Beautifully illustrated with an array of Chinese art, this book offers a closer look at the rich ...

The three arts of poetry, calligraphy and painting are regarded in China as the Triple Excellence...

Ur, one of the worlds first cities, was highly important politically and economically around 2600...

The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson's 1833-8 collections from the urban site of Begr...

A comprehensive study of the Kushan dynasty and their coins, revealing political, cultural, and r...

The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of i...

For over 60 years, spectacular discoveries have been made on a wooded hillside at Snettisham, ove...

The links between archaeology and the Bible have fascinated generations of archaeologists and bib...

Explores the complex relationship between museums, empire, and cultural heritage, using his art t...

This lively book considers the various fascinating stories which have evolved to explain the owne...

This volume presents new research on the temple site of Bodhgayā in eastern India - long recogniz...

A ground-breaking publication providing new insights into Katsushika Hokusai, one of the world's ...

An accessible, highly illustrated introduction to the history, society, culture and art of Britai...

Cats can be seen in ancient Egyptian homes, temples and adorning the heads of their gods. Cats in...

Lindow Man was accidentally discovered by peat-cutters in Cheshire in the 1980s. He was first tho...

A timely study of an important, but often overlooked collector of early Melanesian objects and a ...