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Libya - British Museum The fourth largest country in Africa, Libya is located in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, Egypt to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north Except for the narrow strip along the coast, where 80% of the population resides, Libya lies entirely within the Sahara Desert The main areas of rock art lie in the south-western corner of the
The Abraham of Kütahya Ewer (Object) - British Museum Curator's comments: The Ottomans established a distinctive court style that appeared on objects made across the empire One of their greatest artistic achievements was the glorious pottery of Iznik, a centre of ceramic production established in the 1480s that continued for over 200 years Over time, Iznik potters introduced different shapes, styles and colours, culminating in the 1550s with a
South Africa - British Museum The rock art of South Africa has probably been studied more extensively than that of any other African country It is estimated that South Africa contains many thousands of rock art sites, with a great variety of styles and techniques The most well-known rock art in South Africa is that created by the San|Bushman¹ people (several culturally linked groups of indigenous people of southern
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The Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum The Waddesdon Bequest is a superb collection of nearly 300 objects, left to the Museum in 1898 by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild It consists of exceptionally important and beautiful medieval and Renaissance pieces, as well as a number of 19th-century fakes Together, they paint a fascinating picture of the development of the art market in the late 19th century
Astrolabe - The British Museum: Islamic Gallery Description: Astrolabe, made of brass, inlaid with silver and copper, back engraved with inscriptions including the maker's mark "Abd al-Karim al-Asturlabi" ('The Astrolabist'), and the title of three possible royal patrons engraved on the back named as al-Malik, al-Mu'izz, and Shihab al-Din
Ring - The British Museum In the form of a book, with a skull on the top cover Inside is a small enamelled figure with a skull and hourglass and biblical inscriptions as a reminder of death (memento mori)