Trip to the British Museum - the history of clockworks

Photos from the special exhibition about the history of clocks and clockworks, the craftsmanship that goes into these things is incredible

A large collections of old fob watches

Grandfather clocks

An amazing (Swiss?) carved wooden cuckoo clock

Trip to the British Museum - the ancient to present day Americas

Photos of the exhibition of the ancient South Americans - Incas, Aztecs and Mayans

A scary ceremonial adornment for blood-rituals, the teeth are real. The blue parts are tiny little pieces of turquoise fixed in a perfect mosaic

Another adornment for ritual - a monkey skull covered with mosaic and fixed with shark's teeth

An anatomically accurate carving of a rattlesnake - the underside was carved as well

Another scary blood-ritual mask

The darker blue patches on the cheeks of this mask are butterflies, which represent a particular deity who was responsible for particular rituals

The double-headed Aztec serpent mosaic

Details from a carved-stone wall tablet

The following set of photos are from the exhibition of items from North America

Intricately beaded slippers

A mask representing the god whale-hunting hunting - this was made by a  Native American contemporary artist in a style similar to an ancient original

Items from Captain Cook's first meetings Native Americans

A traditional Intuit fur jacket

Spirit poles carved from red cedar that were placed outside the home

Trip to the British Museum - Medieval and Christian Britain

Photos from the exhibition on Medieval Britain and Christian influences during that time

A treasure hoard from Medieval times

Two wooden panel paintings of an angel and a saint

A massive sword used for ceremonies of state etc to demonstrate power - this thing was huge

Medieval armour and chain mail

A famous hunting horn, carved from an elephant's tusk, used during the time of forest law after 1066

Detail of animals cast on hunting horn

A carving depicting scenes from the Bible, or the lives of saints, or something...

A carving from a church depicting the crucifixion

A medieval chess set found on a beach in Scotland

Chess pieces

A carved panel of saints or something

Trip to the British Museum - the Celts, Vikings and ancient Europe

Photos from the exhibition of ancient Europe, the Celts and Vikings

An ancient cooking pot found in the UK

A Celtic shield

Women's Celtic jewellery

Jewellery worn by the Celts, and also adopted by Romans during their occupation of Britain

A treasure hoard found in the UK - burying treasure was the equivalent of putting money in a bank, particularly when an invasion was imminent

Viking weapons, mostly swords and daggers

A Viking helmet

Excavated pieces of Roman armour found in Britain from when the Romans occupied the British Isles

More Celtic and Viking jewellery

The first known image of Jesus Christ, found on a Roman mosaic

A Celtic sarcophagus

Trip to the British Museum - the Middle East and Mesopotamia

A game that was played by royals in the ancient Middle East

Statue of the Queen of the Night - either a goddess or a an actual queen

A reconstruction of an amazing headdress worn by Queen Puabi - a Mesopotamian queen was was buried with lots of treasure and gold

The crushed skull of a guard buried with Queen Puabi - he was 18-20 years old

The crushed skull of one of Queen Puabi's women attendants, also buried with her

Trip to the British Museum - Ancient Rome and Greece

Photos from the ancient Greek and Roman exhibitions - warning: contains nude sculptures

The god of wine and feasting: Dionysus

A beautiful marble carving of Venus (Aphrodite)

Another beautiful carving of Venus

Hellenistic gold jewellery

Detail of Hellenistic gold jewellery - a pin

Detail of Hellenistic gold jewellery - a bracelet

Greek vases

A bronze statue of Hermes

Apollo and a lyre-like instrument

Marble carving of a dog - the Mollosian Hound

A bull

A Nereid pillar

Part of a Greek temple

A Greek statue of a guy with a discus - Olympics-themed

A beautiful carving of a Nereid from Greece

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