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Nigeria’s Natural History Museum Holds Rare Collection of West African Artifacts

In southwest Nigeria, West Africa's only natural history museum serves as a world class facility for conservation of natural resources. Built in 1973 as part of the zoology department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria's Natural History Museum was left abandoned for over 30 years before it was renovated and reopened…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How to entertain the kids in the holidays for less than a fiver

It can be tricky keeping the family enterastined during the six weeks but these wallet-friendly tips might help

Wales Online

Londoner’s Diary: Publishing fears for literary prizes as several axed

Today’s Diary: Literary Prizes at risk of becoming a rare breed / Gove takes the blame / Jean Paul Gaultier says there are no fashion mistakes / British Museum feels the heat

Evening Standard

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Five dating tips from the Georgian era

If there was one thing the Georgians loved, it was the idea of love itself. The Georgian era, from the coronation of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, saw a celebration of love and marriage in popular culture, including in bestselling novels such as…

The Conversation

Putin’s ally threatens to destroy England with Satan-2 rocket but leave rest of UK alone

Vladimir Solovyov, much-loved by the Russian President, blasted the UK government as "arrogant, ignorant, illiterate upstarts, who can’t do anything but steal"

Daily Mirror

British Museum launches hieroglyphs exhibition to mark special anniversary

Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt will open on October 13.

The Independent UK

British Museum: ‘Magical’ bathtub among the stars of blockbuster new Ancient Egypt show

It is among hundreds of objects going on show illuminating the history of hieroglyphs and the attempts of scholars to translate them centuries later

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Letters show how Boris Johnson backed return of Parthenon marbles

PM offered strong support to Greek campaign during time as Oxford Union president

The Guardian - UK

Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece

Six legislators call for return of cultural treasures held by British Museum ‘to their Athenian home’

The Guardian - UK

The answer to the Parthenon marbles dispute: George Osborne and a 3D printer

If the British Museum chairman is serious about returning the treasures to Greece, digital technology is his friend, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Anglo-Saxon burial ground containing nearly 140 graves found on HS2 site

Acrhaeologists say the site in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, is one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered in Britain

Evening Standard

Anglo-Saxon burial site with nearly 140 graves found along HS2 route

A man was found with the weapon believed to have killed him, still in his skeleton.

The Independent UK

Blood and Bronze: unveiling the British Empire's brutality in Nigeria

In his book Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin, historian Paddy Docherty reveals the brutality of high-ranking British officials in destroying the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. Justified by Whitehall at the time, the wrongdoings would now be considered crimes against humanity.

Radio France Internationale

National Justice Museum to work with LGBT+ community on displaying Nottingham history

The project will host sessions to work with the community across June and July

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Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: British Museum project reignites restitution row

In today’s Diary: British Museum repairs mean tough conversations / Would Victoria make of Elizabeth? / Harry Hill on his Blair musical / Gove declines Grenfell play invite / Nile’s fashion forward

The Guardian - UK

It is dishonourable for the British Museum to keep the Parthenon marbles

Letters: Margaret Squires and David Simmonds on the row over returning the sculptures to Greece

The Independent UK

Metal detectorist unearths 2,000-year-old penis pendant

Rare item may represent ‘an almost barbaric sexuality’, experts say

Evening Standard

British Museum to return looted medieval artifacts to Ukraine after exhibition

There are 86 recovered metalwork antiquities which include pendant crosses and disc pendants

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The Independent UK

Metal detectorist unearths 2000-year-old penis pendant

Rare item may represent ‘an almost barbaric sexuality’, experts say

The Guardian - UK

Why shouldn’t the Greeks have their marbles back? We proved we lost ours years ago

Antiquated excuses for keeping the sculptures are wearing thin after 12 years of Conservative cultural freezes

The Guardian - UK

Munch masterpieces, open-air Emin and a pint-pulling EastEnders jamboree – the week in art

Munch shows his bleak brilliance, Tracey goes pastoral, the Queen Vic opens all hours and Hockney gets sketchy

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Rory Stewart mulls a return to the political fray

In today’s Diary: Rory Stewart ponders a return / Gary Lineker says more footballers will come out / Guilty Feminist on the ‘trans debate’ / Robert Harris couldn’t invent partygate

Evening Standard

Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims

Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.

The Guardian - UK

Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple

The Guardian - UK

Goddesses, she-devils and a tangle with textiles – the week in art

Lonnie Holley scours Britain for material, demons seize the British Museum and feminist fabrics come to Cambridge

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