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dasloddl · 8 months
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vexwerewolf · 7 months
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There's definitely some story mileage in a British dude with no cultural sensitivity whatsoever still wanting to return every artifact that Britain has ever stolen out of pure self-interest because one of those motherfuckers is Maximally Cursed and he can't tell which
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chaoticace22 · 9 months
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i'm back on my bullshit hope it's okay
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copperbadge · 7 months
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Meant to link this sooner but life briefly got away from me -- tl;dr it was discovered last month that over 1500 ancient artefacts were stolen from the British Museum by a senior museum curator. Who has been selling them on eBay for years. (Allegedly. And possibly the museum knew about it much earlier and covered it up, given he was dismissed earlier this year; the theft was actually uncovered by someone who linked the curator's twitter and ebay accounts.)
Lots of talk these past two weeks about how this does not give the museum much of a leg to stand on the next time it tries to assert it's a better caretaker of Greek antiquities than, well, Greece. The marbles being returned in our lifetime is a stronger possibility than ever.
Been a bad year for the museum, aside from the blessing of my presence there in April...
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389 · 4 months
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Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use.
Date: Roman 1st–2nd century AD. Collection: British Museum.
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fuckyeahgoodomens · 3 months
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Fun fact: Neil: We had talked, Terry and I, a lot about the angels. The angels actually showed up in a first draft of the Good Omens film script we did. For some reason, the studio couldn’t come to terms with the idea of Aziraphale owning a bookshop, so he had to work in the British Museum. So there was a scene where he was pursued through the British Museum by angels flicking on their halos then throwing them like killer Frisbees. (x)
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thearchaicsmile · 5 months
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Late Roman stone mosaic from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, Caria (modern Bodrum, Turkey), dated 4th century AD, now in the British Museum. A coloured laurel wreath encloses a Greek inscription with the following words:
ΥΓΙΑ "Health" ΖΟΗ "Life" ΧΑΡΑ "Joy" ΕΙΡΗΝΗ "Peace" ΕΥΘΥΜΙΑ "Happiness" ΕΛΠΙϹ "Hope"
🏛️: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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sca-nerd · 6 months
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The call is coming from inside the house...
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rhythmelia · 9 months
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Support a translator of color!
This is an ongoing situation as of 2023.06.24.
My friend Yilin (she/they) does a lot (A LOT) of work translating literature from Chinese to English, among other things. And they allowed me to signal boost this on tumblr since she doesn't have one yet.
The beginning of the thread is here: https://twitter.com/yilinwriter/status/1670305203206385665 and all the tweet images below are not described because they are previews of direct links to the tweets.
Key points: The British Museum stole their translation work and used it, uncredited, in a major exhibit where they "appeared in photos on a giant display, on signage, in a physical guide, in a digital guide, in an audio guide, and in an app that is available for international download. How did NO ONE catch there was no credit?"
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The response from the British Museum has been enormously disappointing so far:
"we will not be reinstating the translations in the exhibition that have been removed following your complaint, and therefore you will not be acknowledged in the exhibition as your work will not be featured" - except the uncredited translations are still in the 30,000 copies of the exhibition catalog.
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Go check out more updates downthread as the situation develops.
Want to support Yilin?
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"If you want to write to them or have written to the BM, you can help convey these demands of mine to them: - credit + public apology everywhere the work appears - proper payment (increased to account for lack of prior permission given & all the time the work was uncredited)"
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Boost Yilin's book! "The Lantern & the Night Moths, an anthology of Chinese poetry that I selected & translated, featuring poets incl. Qiu Jin, accompanied by my essays on translation, forthcoming w/ @/invisibooks in Spring 2024"
Yilin's page: https://yilinwang.com/book-announcement-the-lantern-and-the-night-moths/
and the pre-order link: https://invisiblepublishing.com/product/the-lantern-and-the-night-moths/
I'll try to update as more things happen, or you can go camp out on the thread.
Edit: please reblog the most current update here from 2023.07.05:
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bad-moodboard · 10 months
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Allegory of the Transience of Life,(c. 1480–90) Master IAM of Zwolle
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romegreeceart · 7 months
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Roman magical nails
3rd-4th century CE
British Museum
London, July 2022
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Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map written in Akkadian.
The tablet describes the oldest known depiction of the known world.
It was discovered at Sippar, southern Iraq, 60 miles north of Babylon on east bank of Euphrates River.
This map not only serves as a historical record of the region's geography but also includes mythological elements, providing a comprehensive view of the ancient Babylonian worldview.
Today, the Babylonian Map of the World is housed in the British Museum, where it continues to be a valuable artifact for understanding the ancient past.
Details of the map:
1. “Mountain” (Akkadian:šá-du-ú)
2. “City” (Akkadian: uru)
3. Urartu (Armenia) (Akkadian: ú-ra-áš-tu)
4. Assyria (Akkadian: kuraš+šurki)
5. Der (Akkadian: dēr)
6. Swamp (Akkadian: ap–pa–ru)
7. Elam (Akkadian: šuša)
8. Canal (Akkadian: bit-qu)
9. Bit Yakin (Akkadian:bῑt-ia-᾿-ki-nu)
10. “City” (Akkadian: uru)
11. Habban (Akkadian: ha-ab-ban)
12. Babylon (Akkadian: tin.tirki), divided by Euphrates
13. Ocean (salt water, Akkadian:idmar-ra-tum)
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henk-heijmans · 1 month
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Metro Station at the British Museum, London, ca. 1937 - by E. O. Hoppé (1878 - 1972), German/English
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kisslovegoodbye · 1 month
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A clay model shows a couple kissing,
The work is dated approximately 1800 BCE, originating from Mesopotamia.
© The Trustees of the British Museum,
Image courtesy Troels Pank Arbøll
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copperbadge · 11 months
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I remembered the scene in Doctor Who where Ten made an ATM spit cash to cause a diversion, but I was not aware that due to stringent laws about creating prop money, they were forced to design an entire bill to use as a prop. I think David Tennant's face should be on all currency everywhere, personally.
[ID: A photograph from the British Museum of a fake cash bill, used in the filming of Doctor Who; it looks relatively realistic until you look at the details, where it emerges that it has among other things, a small TARDIS, the legend "Ten Satsumas", the motto "No second chances, I'm that sort of man", the initials DT, and the face of David Tennant circa 2008.]
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without-ado · 3 months
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British Museum Reading Room (1857-)
l closed to the public since 2013. Guided tours available
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