British Museum

British Museum

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  Pompeii exhibition brings doomed town to life

  Pompeii is the little Roman town that became a byword for sudden, violent death. A new exhibition at the British Museum wants it to be equally famous ... 

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  British Museum puts art from the Ice Age on show

  The art world loves hype. Works are touted as the biggest, the rarest, the most expensive. Even in an age of superlatives, the British Museum has ...