Masterpieces of the British Museum

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An examination of the most significant artefacts in the national collection

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Head of an Ife King from Nigeria

    An examination of the Head of Ife, an 800-year-old artistically refined bronze cast which caused Europeans to radically revise their cultural assumptions about Africa

  • Season 1 Episode 1: The Sutton Hoo Helmet

    The most valuable artefacts in the national collection, beginning with the Sutton Hoo helmet. The armour was part of the treasure horde in a ship burial found in Suffolk in 1939, thought to be the funeral site of the Anglo-Saxon kings of East Anglia

  • The Aztec Double-Headed Serpent

    An examination of an Aztec ornament depicting a double-headed serpent, carved in wood and covered with turquoise mosaic, which is believed to have been worn on ceremonial occasions. No one knows how the piece was discovered or made its way to Europe

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