Category Archives: British Museum

New Online Journal: Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Susan Whitfield

Delighted to see the inaugural issue of the new journal, Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage edited by colleagues at UCL, Institute of Archaeology. Also relieved that it has provided a home for an article of mine long in the making, … Continue reading →

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The Painting Left Behind

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Susan Whitfield

Silk painting from Dunhuang, mistaken as a copy and sent by letter post to India. Continue reading →

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Early Exhibitions of the Collections of Aurel Stein, Part 3: 1914, King Edward VII Galleries

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Susan Whitfield

On 7 May 1914, the British Museum opened the new north wing of the Museum, the King Edward VII Galleries.1 The opening exhibition in the ground floor galleries showed paintings, manuscripts and other artefacts acquired by Aurel Stein (1862–1943) on … Continue reading →

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