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The Department of the Middle East (formerly Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, then Department of Ancient Near East ), numbering some 330,000 works, [1] forms a significant part of the collections of the British Museum, and the world's largest collection of Mesopotamian antiquities outside Iraq.
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Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730–1799), trustee 1784–1799, a major collector of prints and books, who left his important collections to the museum. Charles Townley (1737–1805), trustee from 1791, his vast collection of Graeco-Roman marbles, bronzes and terracottas was acquired by the museum after his death, and a family trustee seat created.
75 m (246 ft) Location. British Museum, London. The Elgin Marbles ( / ˈɛlɡɪn /) [1] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.
Keepers of Prints and Drawings. The Simon Sainsbury Keeper of Prints and Drawings is head of the Department of Prints and Drawings . 1833–1836: William Young Ottley. 1836–1845: Henry Josi [32] 1845–1866: William Hookham Carpenter. 1866–1883: George William Reid [33] 1883–1912: Sidney Colvin.
Görög-római ókor. A British Museum a klasszikus antikvitás leleteiből is a világ egyik legnagyobb gyűjteményét őrzi több mint 100 000 tárggyal. [41] Ez a részleg időben a bronzkortól a milanói ediktumig, a kereszténységnek a Római Birodalom államvallásává tételéig terjed ki ( i. e. 32. század – 313 ).
Guardian of the British Museum. Mike ( c. 1908 [1] – January 1929) was a cat who guarded the gates of the British Museum whose fame was such that Time magazine devoted two articles to him on his death. E. A. Wallis Budge 's work describing the life of Mike has been viewed as the zenith of such biographical writing. [2]
