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Artefacts
Blast furnaces, near Margam, Wales
Print by Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988)
Down the mine south Wales
Lithographic print by Pearl Binder (1904-1990)
Miners sitting and standing outside a fish & chip shop
Drawing by Josef Herman (1911-2000)
The Doge of Venice Departing for the Lido
, drawing by Giovanni Antonio Canaletto
Antler 'weaving comb'
Bone engraved with a horse
Bone female figurine
Brass anti-slavery medal
Brass astrolabe
Bronze horse harness
Bronze medal of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of the Pyramids
Bronze model of a human head
Bronze shield
Capodimonte porcelain ewer and basin, modelled by Giuseppe Gricci
Cast and chased silver medal of Cardinal Richelieu, by Jean Warin
Diadem of semi-precious stones and gold
Extract from one of the Abusir Papyri
Flint core, blades and tools
Flint leaf-point
Flint microliths
Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Itet
Glass beaker with chariot-racing scene
Gold, enamel and rock crystal reliquary pendant
Gold
solidus
of Theodebert I
Gold
stater
Iron sword
Ivory label for King Den’s sandals
Jade cup belonging to Ulugh Beg
Jadeite axe-head
Limestone statue of Tjaysetimu
Linen textile with the names of King Piye
Painted limestone statue of Katep and Hetepheres
Pendant and beads of Callais
Porcelain plate
Pottery model of a house
Red granite block carved with the Horus name of Khufu
Red-slipped amphora
Reindeer antler axe
Schist bracelet
Stone sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
The Rosetta Stone
Tombstone of a young boy, Marcus Cocceius Nonnus
Wooden gittern
Woollen textile
First paragraph
Explore The British Museum collections in 'Timelines'
Africa
The Nile Valley 4000-3100 BC Predynastic
The Nile Valley 2686-2181 BC Old Kingdom
The Nile Valley 3100-2686 BC Early dynastic
The Nile Valley 1086-332 BC Late Period
The Nile Valley 30 BC-AD 395 Roman
The Nile Valley AD 1500-1800 Ottoman
Americas
North America AD 900-1500
Asia
Western Asia AD 1250-1500 Later Islamic
British Isles
England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Central England 500,000-8500 BC Palaeolithic
Central England AD 1066-1500 Late medieval
Eastern England AD 43-410 Roman
Northern England 800 BC-AD 43 Iron Age
Wales AD 1900-2000 Modern period
Central England AD 1500-1750 Early modern
South-east England 800 BC-AD 43 Iron Age
Northern England AD 43-410 Roman
South-east England AD 1750-1900 The Industrial Age
Eastern England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
Europe
North-west Europe AD 1250-1500 Late medieval
Italy AD 1650-1800 Early modern
North-west Europe 5000-3200 BC Neolithic
North-west Europe AD 400-800 Early medieval
North-west Europe AD 1650-1800 Early modern
Web links
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web@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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