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Wild Boar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

So good they hunted it twice

I was in the British Museum when I noticed this mosaic pavement showing a Wild Boar being confronted by a hunting dog. …

Ibis - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Egyptian Ibis mummy

The British Museum is full of curiosities. Here’s the Easter-egg-like sarcophagus of an Ibis mummy. It’s made of gilded wood and bronze …

Cat Mummy - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Cat Mum

I love all the plunder in the British Museum. Some of the debate about returning treasures is so emotive it’s difficult to …