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Egypt/Issue 106/Object Lesson

Lost Dixon Relic

This cigar box, containing several wooden splinters that make up a piece of cedar discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza, was…

Features/Issue 105/Object Lesson

Statue of Ramesses VI

This granite statue depicts Pharaoh Ramesses VI, who reigned 1144-1137 BC. On the back is a hieroglyphic inscription that reads: ‘May [he]live,…

Features/Iraq/Issue 104/Object Lesson

Sumerian Plaque

This low-relief limestone carving, dating to c.2400 BC, formed part of a larger votive wall plaque in a Sumerian temple in southern…

Features/France/Issue 99/Object Lesson

Venus of Renancourt

What is it? This statuette, dating from around 21,000 BC, has the familiar form of a Palaeolithic ‘Venus’ figurine. Carved out of…

China/Exhibition/Issue 98/Object Lesson

Selden Map of China

What is it? This late Ming dynasty map depicts China, the South China Sea, and surrounding lands. It was drawn in the…

Issue 96/Museum/Object Lesson

Scutum

What is it? This mid 3rd century AD semi-cylindrical shield is known as a scutum and was used by legionary soldiers of…

Egypt/Exhibition/Issue 95/Museum/Object Lesson

Serabit Sphinx

What is it? This small Egyptian figure, carved out of red sandstone around 1800 BC, depicts a familiar mythical creature: the sphinx.…

Iraq/Issue 91/Issues/Museum/Object Lesson

Ram in the Thicket

What is it? This ancient Mesopotamian sculpture known as the ‘ram in the thicket’ is actually a ‘goat in a tree’. The…

Greece/Issue 89/Object Lesson

The Pylos Combat Agate

What is it? This masterpiece in miniature is an engraved agate sealstone, measuring only 3.6cm in length. Carved with exceptional skill onto…

Issue 88/Italy/Object Lesson

The sundial of Marcus Novius Tubula

What is it? This is a Roman stone sundial, a timekeeping device that had become quite common in the Roman world from…

Issue 87/Object Lesson

William the Hippo

What is it? William is the nickname given to this small Egyptian Middle Kingdom statuette of a hippopotamus. The figurine was made…

Issue 86/Issues/Object Lesson

Agatha Christie’s ivory from Iraq

What is it? This exquisitely carved ivory plaque from the ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud, near Mosul in Iraq, is one of…

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