Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

The Roman Britain Galleries invite visitors to explore a rich narrative about daily life on the fringes of the Roman Empire.

From the private collection of Sir Hans Sloane in 1753, the British Museum has grown to become one of the world's most ...

The Global Story. Stolen treasures: Scandal at the British Museum. Audio, 24 minutesThe Global Story Stolen treasures: Scandal at the British Museum ...

You might not expect a Hollywood superstar to take much interest in a tiny museum in a rural part of Wales. But Tom Hanks - star of films including Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan and Big - has ...

The British Museum is launching a new exhibition that explores the history of gladiatorial contests in Roman Britain. 'Gladiators of Britain', a British Museum Partnership Exhibition with ...

The British Museum houses around 130,000 clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia written in cuneiform script between 3200 b.c. and the first century a.d. Since so few scholars can read the languages ...

The British Museum is reportedly planning a "rebrand" alongside its newly renovated building, stoking fears that the iconic institution will "go woke". You might not think of a museum as having a ...

670 lb.) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.1) Image: www.metmuseum.org. VEX.2020.1.2) In Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins, the new exhibition at the Getty Villa ...