BBC History Magazine

Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs

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British Museum, London 29 October–7 February

2016 020 7323 8181 (booking line) britishmus­eum.org/egypt

The first major UK exhibition examining the history of post-pharaonic Egypt charts its transition to a majority Christian and then Muslim population. ObjectsO on show include a pair of sixth to seventhcen­tury curtains, decorated with Christian and classical imagery.

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This Egyptian ivory box shows Daniel with lions
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