Stories
- Article
A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
- Article
Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
The British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) [London]
Date: c.1982Reference: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/C.2/16Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'British Museum (Greek and Roman Antiquities)'
Date: 1981-1982Reference: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/C.3/6Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library
- Books
- Online
Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum / by H.B. Walters.
British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.Date: 1899
- Books
- Online
Catalogue of the finger rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman : in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum / by F. H. Marshall.
British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.Date: 1907- Books
A guide to the antiquities of Roman Britain in the Department of British and Mediæval Antiquities / With 13 plates and 142 illustrations.
British Museum. Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities.Date: 1922