The British Museum's collection of eight million objects representing the rich history of human cultures mirrors the city of London's global variety. In no other museum can the visitor see so clearly the history of what it is to be human. In the collections the world can write the new histories that it needs to understand its past and shape its future.
You can use these special selections to discover the highlights:
Americas
North America
Mexico
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian sculpture
Ancient Greece and Roman
Greece: Cycladic Islands
Greece: Minoans and Mycenaeans
Greece 1050-520 BC
Greek vases
Athens and Lycia
Greece: Bassae Sculptures
Nereid Monument
Greece: Parthenon
Greece: Athens
Greeks and Lycians 400-325 BC
Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
The world of Alexander
Greek and Roman sculpture
Asia
China, India, South Asia and Southeast Asia
India: Amaravati
Chinese jade
Korea
Chinese Ceramics
Middle East
Assyrian sculpture & Balawat Gates
Assyria: Nimrud
Assyria: Nineveh
Assyria: Lion hunts, Siege of Lachish and Khorsabad
The Islamic world
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