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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

From late antiquity through to the early middle ages, people across north-western Europe were ins...

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...

Latin inscriptions can appear dauntinga jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. Howev...

Explores ancient India (c. 100 BCE-600 CE) through three of its major religions -Jainism, Buddhis...

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

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...

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

This book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabin...

The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that p...

From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of pos...

A new title in the British Museum's Object in Focus series that unpacks the history of a fascinat...

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

One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised ...

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

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

This world-renowned sculpture is a unique figure in Polynesian art. An image of a deified ancesto...

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

The first stroke-by-stroke guide ever produced for learning to write Naskh, one of the six major ...

A beautifully illustrated book that demonstrates how artistic creativity existed thousands of yea...

This book examines how European and Asian ceramics associated with the domestic sphere have been ...

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

Shortlisted for Exhibition Catalogue of the Year in the British Book Design and Production Awards...

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

A collection of outstanding and fascinating artists¿ books revealing the inspirations and concern...

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

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

Re-released in paperback due to popular demand, Grayson Perry's Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman is ...

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

A comprehensive examination of drawings from the Low Countries (present-day Luxembourg, Belgium a...

The Gayer-Anderson Cat has been one of the most admired objects at the British Museum since its a...

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

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