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The ancient map offers a glimpse of how the Babylonians viewed the world thousands of years ago.

Big exhibition will reflect life and loves of artist, from his first professional print in 1904 to 1960s masterpieces

This expansive exhibition is the kind of thing the British Museum is made for

Former global director of Frieze says she is ‘thrilled’ to take up position left by Nicholas Cullinan

The newfound bracelet was likely awarded for a feat of valor carried out during Rome's conquest of Britain.

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"The origins of some of the omens may have lain in actual experience — observation of portent followed by catastrophe." The post 4,000-Year-Old Babylonian Tablets Containing Evil Omens Finally Deciphered first appeared on Bored Panda.

One ominous prediction says lunar eclipse in morning means ‘end of a dynasty’

Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.

In June, the Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi removed a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum in London and deposited it in a donation box in the museum’s lobby. The footage of the performance piece, called Sleight of Hand, was shown as part of his graduate MFA…

A major retrospective of Peter Kennard’s dissenting images, the V&A goes for Swifties and The Hay Wain arrives in Bristol – all in your weekly dispatch