Short illustrated guide to the people of the Pacific - Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island.  Illustrated.  Paperback.  16 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 4938

Paperback.  208 pages.  In near new condition.  Cat No 4885

Small inscription of previous owner's name, otherwise good condition.  Cat No 4828

Describes the purpose and variety of ancient Egyptian scarab amulets with reference to the British Museum's extensive collection.  16 pages plus four b&w plates.  Large format, card covers.  In very good unmarked condition.  Cat No A260ea

An illustrated guide to the American archaeological items held at the British Museum and featuring the antiquities of the indigenous cultures of North America, Meso-America, South America, and the West Indies.  Illustrated with twelve monochrome plates and forty-eight other illustrations.

A large portfolio booklet that describes the unique Mughal painting depicting Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan on a highly detailed and ornamental background.  Eight pages.  One b&w plate and one colour frontispiece.  Minor signs of age, otherwise good clean condition.

Exhibition guide commemorating the archaeological excavations in the Timna Valley (Israel) between 1964-1970 during which the sites of ancient copper mines worked by Pharaohnic and Midianite smelters were explored and the associated temple to the Egyptian goddess Hathor surveyed.

Comprises the expanded versions of two papers delivered at a conference on Dark Age Jewellery held at the British Museum in 1977 - 'Technical Properties as a Discriminant in Migration Jewellery' and Ornament Variation of Cast Saucer Brooches from the Upper Thames Region'.

An academic study of the carved limestone statuette of Queen Tetisheri dating from the eighteenth dynasty which was purchased in Cairo by noted Egyptologist Wallis Budge for the Museum's collection in 1890.

In 1999 and 2007 respectively, the central courtyard and the northwest corner of the British Museum estate were redeveloped.  This provided the opportunity to investigate the archaeology and history of the Bloomsbury area and the museum itself through excavation and archival research.