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![Room 21 – [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], mid-4th century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM, GMR - RM21, Mausoleum of Halikarnassos.JPG?width=200 "Room 21 – [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], mid-4th century BC")
![Human Headed Winged Lions]] and reliefs from [[Nimrud]] with the [[Balawat Gates]], c. 860 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; RM6 - ANE, Assyrian Sculpture 14 West Wall (M + N) ~ Assyrian Empire + Lamassu, Gates at Balawat, Relief Panel's & Full Projection.3.jpg?width=200 "Human Headed Winged Lions]] and reliefs from [[Nimrud]] with the [[Balawat Gates]], c. 860 BC")
![Room 9 – [[Assyrian palace reliefs]], [[Nineveh]], 701–681 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; RM7 - ANE, Nineveh Palace Reliefs Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (701-681 B.C) ~ Full Elevation + Viewing South.4.JPG?width=200 "Room 9 – [[Assyrian palace reliefs]], [[Nineveh]], 701–681 BC")
![Room 33a – [[Amaravati Sculptures]], southern India, 1st century BC and 3rd century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BrMus Amravati.jpg?width=200 "Room 33a – [[Amaravati Sculptures]], southern India, 1st century BC and 3rd century AD")
.jpg?width=200 "Gallery 50 – View down the Roman Britain gallery")
![Reading Room]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Great Court, London, UK - Diliff.jpg?width=200 "Reading Room]].")
![Great Court]] roof, 2005](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Great Court roof.jpg?width=200 "Great Court]] roof, 2005")
.JPG?width=200 "The museum's main entrance")
![Room 18 – [[Parthenon]] marbles from the [[Acropolis of Athens]], 447 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elgin Marbles British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Room 18 – [[Parthenon]] marbles from the [[Acropolis of Athens]], 447 BC")
![A few of the [[Elgin Marbles]] (also known as the Parthenon Marbles) from the East [[Pediment]] of the [[Parthenon]] in Athens.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elgin Marbles east pediment.jpg?width=200 "A few of the [[Elgin Marbles]] (also known as the Parthenon Marbles) from the East [[Pediment]] of the [[Parthenon]] in Athens.")
![King Edward VII's]] Galleries, 1914](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/England; London - The British Museum, Archive King Edward VII's Galleries ~ North Wing (1914).2.jpg?width=200 "King Edward VII's]] Galleries, 1914")
![Room 4 – [[Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III]], 1350 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/England; London - The British Museum, Egypt Egyptian Sculpture ~ Colossal granite head of Amenhotep III (Room 4).2.JPG?width=200 "Room 4 – [[Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III]], 1350 BC")
![Room 17 – Reconstruction of the [[Nereid Monument]], c. 390 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 167.jpg?width=200 "Room 17 – Reconstruction of the [[Nereid Monument]], c. 390 BC")
![Grenville]] Library, 1875](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Image-The Grenville Library (1875).jpg?width=200 "Grenville]] Library, 1875")
![Room 52 – Ancient Iran with the [[Cyrus Cylinder]], 559–530 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/London 307.JPG?width=200 "Room 52 – Ancient Iran with the [[Cyrus Cylinder]], 559–530 BC")
![Mausoleum of Halicarnassus]] Room, 1920s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mauso03.JPG?width=200 "Mausoleum of Halicarnassus]] Room, 1920s")
![Sir Robert Smirke]]'s west wing under construction, July 1828](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P8282318.1.JPG?width=200 "Sir Robert Smirke]]'s west wing under construction, July 1828")
![Percival David collection]] of Chinese ceramics](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Room 95-6752.JPG?width=200 "Percival David collection]] of Chinese ceramics")
![Room 4 – The [[Rosetta Stone]], key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, 196 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosetta Stone.JPG?width=200 "Room 4 – The [[Rosetta Stone]], key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, 196 BC")
![The [[Rosetta Stone]] on display in the British Museum in 1874](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosetta Stone International Congress of Orientalists ILN 1874.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rosetta Stone]] on display in the British Museum in 1874")
![[[Sir Hans Sloane]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir Hans Sloane, an engraving from a portrait by T. Murray.jpg?width=200 "[[Sir Hans Sloane]]")
![Duveen]] Gallery, 1980](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Duveen Gallery (1980s).jpg?width=200 "Duveen]] Gallery, 1980")
![Montagu House]], c. 1715](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The North Prospect of Mountague House JamesSimonc1715.jpg?width=200 "Montagu House]], c. 1715")
![Room 61 – The famous false fresco 'Pond in a Garden' from the [[Tomb of Nebamun]], c. 1350 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TombofNebamun-2.jpg?width=200 "Room 61 – The famous false fresco 'Pond in a Garden' from the [[Tomb of Nebamun]], c. 1350 BC")
![Room 24 – The [[Wellcome Trust]] Gallery of Living and Dying, with [[Hoa Hakananai'a]], a ''[[moai]]'', in the centre](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wellcome Trust Gallery + Living & Dying (Room 24).jpg?width=200 "Room 24 – The [[Wellcome Trust]] Gallery of Living and Dying, with [[Hoa Hakananai'a]], a ''[[moai]]'', in the centre")
![Sir [[Leonard Woolley]] holding the excavated [[Sumer]]ian [[Queen's Lyre]], 1922](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Woolley holding the hardened plaster mold of a lyre.jpg?width=200 "Sir [[Leonard Woolley]] holding the excavated [[Sumer]]ian [[Queen's Lyre]], 1922")
![Gebelein predynastic mummy]], late [[predynastic]], 3400 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bm-ginger.jpg?width=200 "Gebelein predynastic mummy]], late [[predynastic]], 3400 BC")
![Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the pharaoh [[Senusret III]], c. 1850 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/London - British Museum - 2273.jpg?width=200 "Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the pharaoh [[Senusret III]], c. 1850 BC")
![Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the goddess [[Sakhmet]], c. 1400 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThreeStatuesOfGoddessSakhmet-ProfileView-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg?width=200 "Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the goddess [[Sakhmet]], c. 1400 BC")
![Great Court – [[Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III]], c. 1350 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quartzite head of Amenhotep III.jpg?width=200 "Great Court – [[Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III]], c. 1350 BC")
![statue of a husband and wife]], 1300–1250 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egyptian Couple BM (1).JPG?width=200 "statue of a husband and wife]], 1300–1250 BC")
![Room 63 - Gilded outer coffins from the tomb of [[Henutmehyt]], Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P1050700 (5022075232).jpg?width=200 "Room 63 - Gilded outer coffins from the tomb of [[Henutmehyt]], Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC")
![Book of the Dead of [[Hunefer]], sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Book of the Dead of Hunefer sheet 5.jpg?width=200 "Book of the Dead of [[Hunefer]], sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC")
![cat]] from the Late Period, c. 664–332 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Egypt 101.jpg?width=200 "cat]] from the Late Period, c. 664–332 BC")
![Thebes]], Egypt, during Roman times, 100–200 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fayum-66.jpg?width=200 "Thebes]], Egypt, during Roman times, 100–200 AD")
![Room 12 – A gold earring from the [[Aegina Treasure]], Greece, 1700-1500 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aegina treasure 01.jpg?width=200 "Room 12 – A gold earring from the [[Aegina Treasure]], Greece, 1700-1500 BC")
![Metopes]] from the south wall, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; RM18 - GR, The Parthenon Galleries 1 Temple of Athena Parthenos (447-438 B.C) + North Slip Room, -Full Elevation & Viewing North-.JPG?width=200 "Metopes]] from the south wall, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BC")
![Ionian]] column from the [[Erechtheion]], [[Acropolis of Athens]], Greece, 420-415 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM, GNR; The Acropolis & The late 5th C BC ~ Erechtheum Caryatid + Ionic Column (Room 19).jpg?width=200 "Ionian]] column from the [[Erechtheion]], [[Acropolis of Athens]], Greece, 420-415 BC")
![Room 20 – [[Tomb of Payava]], [[Lycia]], Turkey, 360 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomb of Payava 2.jpg?width=200 "Room 20 – [[Tomb of Payava]], [[Lycia]], Turkey, 360 BC")
.jpg?width=200 "350 BC}}")
![Temple of Artemis in Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], Turkey, early 4th century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Column drum Ephesus.JPG?width=200 "Temple of Artemis in Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], Turkey, early 4th century BC")
![head of Asclepius]] wearing a metal crown (now lost), from a cult statue on [[Melos]], Greece, 325-300 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asklepios Melos BM Sc550.jpg?width=200 "head of Asclepius]] wearing a metal crown (now lost), from a cult statue on [[Melos]], Greece, 325-300 BC")
![Room 1 - Farnese [[Hermes]] in the Enlightenment Gallery, Italy, 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SFEC BritMus Roman 011.JPG?width=200 "Room 1 - Farnese [[Hermes]] in the Enlightenment Gallery, Italy, 1st century AD")
![Room 69 - Roman gladiator helmet from [[Pompeii]], Italy, 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GladiatorHelmetBM.jpg?width=200 "Room 69 - Roman gladiator helmet from [[Pompeii]], Italy, 1st century AD")
![Room 23 - The famous version of the '[[Crouching Venus]]', Roman, c. 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lely Venus BM 1963.jpg?width=200 "Room 23 - The famous version of the '[[Crouching Venus]]', Roman, c. 1st century AD")
![Spinario (Boy with Thorn)]]', Italy, c. 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spinario-British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Spinario (Boy with Thorn)]]', Italy, c. 1st century AD")
![Room 22 – [[Apollo of Cyrene]] (holding a [[lyre]]), Libya, c. 2nd century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apollo Kitharoidos BM 1380.jpg?width=200 "Room 22 – [[Apollo of Cyrene]] (holding a [[lyre]]), Libya, c. 2nd century AD")
![Room 22 – [[Satala Aphrodite]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Head and left hand from a bronze cult statue of Anahita, a local goddess shown here in the guide of Aphrodite, 200-100 BC, British Museum (8167358544).jpg?width=200 "Room 22 – [[Satala Aphrodite]]")
![Room 56 – The '[[Ram in a Thicket]]' figure, one of a pair, from [[Ur]], Southern Iraq, c. 2600 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raminathicket2.jpg?width=200 "Room 56 – The '[[Ram in a Thicket]]' figure, one of a pair, from [[Ur]], Southern Iraq, c. 2600 BC")
![Room 56 – The famous '[[Standard of Ur]]', a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace, from [[Ur]], c. 2600 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Standard of Ur - War.jpg?width=200 "Room 56 – The famous '[[Standard of Ur]]', a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace, from [[Ur]], c. 2600 BC")
![Sculpture of the god Imdugud]], lion-headed eagle surmounting a lintel made from sheets of copper, Temple of Ninhursag at [[Tell al-'Ubaid]], Iraq, c. 2500 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Imdugud.jpg?width=200 "Sculpture of the god Imdugud]], lion-headed eagle surmounting a lintel made from sheets of copper, Temple of Ninhursag at [[Tell al-'Ubaid]], Iraq, c. 2500 BC")
![Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, from the Temple of [[Ninhursag]] in Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, c. 2500 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue Kurlil BM WA114207.jpg?width=200 "Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, from the Temple of [[Ninhursag]] in Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, c. 2500 BC")
![Queen of the Night relief]]' of the goddess [[Ishtar]], Iraq, c. 1790 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishtar goddess.jpg?width=200 "Queen of the Night relief]]' of the goddess [[Ishtar]], Iraq, c. 1790 BC")
![Room 57 - Carved ivory object from the [[Nimrud Ivories]], Phoenician, Nimrud, Iraq, 9th–8th century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carved ivory depicting a woman at a window.jpg?width=200 "Room 57 - Carved ivory object from the [[Nimrud Ivories]], Phoenician, Nimrud, Iraq, 9th–8th century BC")
![Room 6 – Depiction of the hypocrite, [[Jehu]], King of Israel on the [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]], [[Nimrud]], c. 827 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jehu-on-Obelisk-of-Shalmaneser.jpg?width=200 "Room 6 – Depiction of the hypocrite, [[Jehu]], King of Israel on the [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]], [[Nimrud]], c. 827 BC")
![Human Headed Winged Bulls]] from [[Khorsabad]], companion pieces in the [[Musée du Louvre]], Iraq, 710–705 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winged Human-headed Bulls.JPG?width=200 "Human Headed Winged Bulls]] from [[Khorsabad]], companion pieces in the [[Musée du Louvre]], Iraq, 710–705 BC")
![Room 55 – Cuneiform Collection, including the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]], Iraq, c. 669-631 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; ANE - RM 55, Cuneiform Tablets Display.1.JPG?width=200 "Room 55 – Cuneiform Collection, including the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]], Iraq, c. 669-631 BC")
![Room 55 – ''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]'' (detail), [[Nineveh]], Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, c. 645 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dying Lion.R.jpg?width=200 "Room 55 – ''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]'' (detail), [[Nineveh]], Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, c. 645 BC")
![Room 55 - Panel with striding lion made from glazed bricks, Neo-Babylonian, [[Nebuchadnezzar II]], Southern Iraq, 604–562 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BabylonLion-BM.JPG?width=200 "Room 55 - Panel with striding lion made from glazed bricks, Neo-Babylonian, [[Nebuchadnezzar II]], Southern Iraq, 604–562 BC")
![Achaemenid Persian]] metalwork, c. 5th to 4th centuries BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oxus chariot model.jpg?width=200 "Achaemenid Persian]] metalwork, c. 5th to 4th centuries BC")
![Room 53 - Stela said to come from Tamma' cemetery, [[Yemen]], 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bmane2002-1-114,1.jpg?width=200 "Room 53 - Stela said to come from Tamma' cemetery, [[Yemen]], 1st century AD")
![Room 53 - [[Alabaster]] statue of a standing female figure, Yemen, 1st-2nd centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Yemen 07d.jpg?width=200 "Room 53 - [[Alabaster]] statue of a standing female figure, Yemen, 1st-2nd centuries AD")
![Room 34 - Cylindrical lidded box with an Arabic inscription recording its manufacture for the ruler of Mosul, [[Badr al-Din Lu'lu']], Iraq, c. 1233 – 1259 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brass box BM 1878 12-30 674.jpg?width=200 "Room 34 - Cylindrical lidded box with an Arabic inscription recording its manufacture for the ruler of Mosul, [[Badr al-Din Lu'lu']], Iraq, c. 1233 – 1259 AD")
![Portrait of a Young Woman]]'', c. 1440](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of an unknown young woman - British Museum 180945001.jpg?width=200 "Portrait of a Young Woman]]'', c. 1440")
![[[Hieronymus Bosch]] - A comical barber scene, c. 1477-1516](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A fool, seated on a basket, about to be shaved by a nun holding a wafer iron by Hieronymus Bosch.jpg?width=200 "[[Hieronymus Bosch]] - A comical barber scene, c. 1477-1516")
![[[Sandro Botticelli]] - ''Allegory of Abundance'', 1480-1485](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Botticelli, allegoria dell'abbondanza, disegno.jpg?width=200 "[[Sandro Botticelli]] - ''Allegory of Abundance'', 1480-1485")
![The Burlington House Cartoon]]'), c. 1499–1500](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonardo da vinci, Study for the Burlington House Cartoon.jpg?width=200 "The Burlington House Cartoon]]'), c. 1499–1500")
![The Creation of Man]]'' on the vault of the [[Sistine Chapel]], c. 1511](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam study - Michelangelo.jpg?width=200 "The Creation of Man]]'' on the vault of the [[Sistine Chapel]], c. 1511")
![[[Raphael]] – ''Study of Heads, Mother and Child'', c. 1509-1511](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raffaello, studio di testa di madonna e bambino.jpg?width=200 "[[Raphael]] – ''Study of Heads, Mother and Child'', c. 1509-1511")
![Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea]]'', 1515–1517](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Titian - Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea - WGA22989.jpg?width=200 "Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea]]'', 1515–1517")
![[[Albrecht Dürer]] - Drawing of a walrus, 1521](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albrecht Dürer - Walrus - WGA07101.jpg?width=200 "[[Albrecht Dürer]] - Drawing of a walrus, 1521")
![[[Hans Holbein the Younger]] - ''Portrait of Anne Boleyn'', 1536](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A Lady, called Anne Boleyn, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg?width=200 "[[Hans Holbein the Younger]] - ''Portrait of Anne Boleyn'', 1536")
![[[Peter Paul Rubens]] - Drawing of Isabella Brant, his first wife, 1621](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Isabella Brant -British Museum 1482535001.jpg?width=200 "[[Peter Paul Rubens]] - Drawing of Isabella Brant, his first wife, 1621")
![[[Francisco de Zurbarán]] - Head of a monk, 1625–1664](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Head of a monk, 1625-64, Francisco de Zurbarán. Drawing, 277 x 196 mm. British Museum.jpg?width=200 "[[Francisco de Zurbarán]] - Head of a monk, 1625–1664")
![[[Claude Lorrain]] - Drawing of mules, including one full-length, 1630-1640](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drawing of mules by Claude Lorrain.jpg?width=200 "[[Claude Lorrain]] - Drawing of mules, including one full-length, 1630-1640")
![The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross]]'', 1634–35](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg?width=200 "The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross]]'', 1634–35")
![[[Thomas Gainsborough]] - Drawing of a woman with a rose, 1763-1765](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A woman with a rose drawn by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg?width=200 "[[Thomas Gainsborough]] - Drawing of a woman with a rose, 1763-1765")
![[[J. M. W. Turner]] - Watercolour of Newport Castle, 1796](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Newport Castle by JMW Turner.jpg?width=200 "[[J. M. W. Turner]] - Watercolour of Newport Castle, 1796")
![[[Isaac Cruikshank]] - 'The happy effects of that grand system of shutting ports against the English!!', 1808](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The happy effects of that grand systom of shutting ports against the English!!.jpg?width=200 "[[Isaac Cruikshank]] - 'The happy effects of that grand system of shutting ports against the English!!', 1808")
![[[John Constable]] - ''London from Hampstead Heath in a Storm'', (watercolour), 1831](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hampstead Heath by John Constable watercolour.jpg?width=200 "[[John Constable]] - ''London from Hampstead Heath in a Storm'', (watercolour), 1831")
![[[James McNeill Whistler]] - ''View of the Battersea side of Chelsea Reach'', London, (lithograph), 1878](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Notes Nocturne lithograph by James McNeill Whistler 1878.jpg?width=200 "[[James McNeill Whistler]] - ''View of the Battersea side of Chelsea Reach'', London, (lithograph), 1878")
![[[Vincent van Gogh]] - Man Digging in the Orchard (print), 1883](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van Gogh - In the Orchard - 1883.jpg?width=200 "[[Vincent van Gogh]] - Man Digging in the Orchard (print), 1883")
![statue of James II]].Katherine Gibson, 'The emergence of Grinling Gibbons as a statuary', published in ''Apollo'', September 1999, p .28.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Studies for a statue by Peter Van Dievoet.jpg?width=200 "statue of James II]].Katherine Gibson, 'The emergence of Grinling Gibbons as a statuary', published in ''Apollo'', September 1999, p .28.")
![Room 2 – [[Handaxe]], [[Lower Palaeolithic]], [[Olduvai Gorge]], Tanzania, c. 1.2 million years BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Olduvai handaxe.jpg?width=200 "Room 2 – [[Handaxe]], [[Lower Palaeolithic]], [[Olduvai Gorge]], Tanzania, c. 1.2 million years BC")
![Mold gold cape]], North Wales, Bronze Age, c. 1900–1600 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum gold thing 501594 fh000035.jpg?width=200 "Mold gold cape]], North Wales, Bronze Age, c. 1900–1600 BC")
![Room 50 – [[Wandsworth Shield]], Iron Age shield boss in La Tène style, England, 2nd century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wandsworth Shield.png?width=200 "Room 50 – [[Wandsworth Shield]], Iron Age shield boss in La Tène style, England, 2nd century BC")
![Room 50 – Gold torc found in [[Needwood Forest]], central England, 75 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IronAgeTorcBritishMuseum.JPG?width=200 "Room 50 – Gold torc found in [[Needwood Forest]], central England, 75 BC")
![Room 49 - Bronze head of a Roman emperor [[Claudius]], from Rendham in Suffolk, eastern England, 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roman emperor head.jpg?width=200 "Room 49 - Bronze head of a Roman emperor [[Claudius]], from Rendham in Suffolk, eastern England, 1st century AD")
![Room 49 – [[Hinton St Mary Mosaic]] with face of Christ in the centre, from Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosaic2 - plw.jpg?width=200 "Room 49 – [[Hinton St Mary Mosaic]] with face of Christ in the centre, from Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD")
![Room 49 – [[Corbridge Lanx]], silver tray depicting a shrine to Apollo, northern England, 4th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corbridge lanx.jpg?width=200 "Room 49 – [[Corbridge Lanx]], silver tray depicting a shrine to Apollo, northern England, 4th century AD")
![Room 41 – Silver objects from the Roman [[Coleraine]] Hoard, Northern Ireland, 4th-5th centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Coleraine Hoard.jpg?width=200 "Room 41 – Silver objects from the Roman [[Coleraine]] Hoard, Northern Ireland, 4th-5th centuries AD")
![Room 41 – [[Sutton Hoo helmet]], Anglo-Saxon, England, early 7th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sutton Hoo helmet 2016.png?width=200 "Room 41 – [[Sutton Hoo helmet]], Anglo-Saxon, England, early 7th century AD")
![Room 40 – Ivory statue of [[Virgin and Child]], who is crushing a dragon under her left foot from Paris, France, 1310-1330 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virgin and Child BM PE1978-05.02-3.jpg?width=200 "Room 40 – Ivory statue of [[Virgin and Child]], who is crushing a dragon under her left foot from Paris, France, 1310-1330 AD")
![Room 40 – Chaucer [[Astrolabe]], the oldest dated in Europe, 1326 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chaucer Astrolabe BM 1909.6-17.1.jpg?width=200 "Room 40 – Chaucer [[Astrolabe]], the oldest dated in Europe, 1326 AD")
![Room 40 – [[Royal Gold Cup]] or [[Saint Agnes Cup]], made in Paris, France, 1370–80 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Royal Gold Cup.jpg?width=200 "Room 40 – [[Royal Gold Cup]] or [[Saint Agnes Cup]], made in Paris, France, 1370–80 AD")
![Room 2a – [[Holy Thorn Reliquary]], made in Paris, c. 1390s AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Front View of Thorn Reliquary.jpg?width=200 "Room 2a – [[Holy Thorn Reliquary]], made in Paris, c. 1390s AD")
![Room 38 – [[Mechanical Galleon]] clock, Augsburg, Germany, around 1585 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ship Clock at British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Room 38 – [[Mechanical Galleon]] clock, Augsburg, Germany, around 1585 AD")
![Isaac Habrecht]], Switzerland, 1589 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carillon Clock with Automata, by Isaac Habrecht - British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Isaac Habrecht]], Switzerland, 1589 AD")
![Room 39 – Ornate clock made by [[Thomas Tompion]], England, 1690 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inside the British Museum, London - DSC04228.JPG?width=200 "Room 39 – Ornate clock made by [[Thomas Tompion]], England, 1690 AD")
![Room 49 – Romano-British crown and diadem found in [[Hockwold cum Wilton]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Romano-British crown and diadem.jpg?width=200 "Room 49 – Romano-British crown and diadem found in [[Hockwold cum Wilton]]")
![Room 33 - Cubic weights made of [[chert]] from [[Mohenjo-daro]], Pakistan, 2600-1900 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poids cubiques harappéens - BM.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Cubic weights made of [[chert]] from [[Mohenjo-daro]], Pakistan, 2600-1900 BC")
![hu]] from Huixian, China, 5th century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Periodo degli zhou dell'est, coppia di vasi rituali hu. V sec. ac. 01.JPG?width=200 "hu]] from Huixian, China, 5th century BC")
![hamsa]] sacred goose vessel made of [[crystal]] from Stupa 32, [[Taxila]], [[Pakistan]], 1st century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CrystalGoose.JPG?width=200 "hamsa]] sacred goose vessel made of [[crystal]] from Stupa 32, [[Taxila]], [[Pakistan]], 1st century AD")
![Room 33 - Stone sculpture of the death of Buddha, Gandhara, [[Pakistan]], 1st-3rd centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Death of the Buddha BM.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Stone sculpture of the death of Buddha, Gandhara, [[Pakistan]], 1st-3rd centuries AD")
![Room 91a - Section of the [[Admonitions Scroll]] by Chinese artist [[Gu Kaizhi]], China, c. 380 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ku K'ai-chih 001.jpg?width=200 "Room 91a - Section of the [[Admonitions Scroll]] by Chinese artist [[Gu Kaizhi]], China, c. 380 AD")
![statue of the Buddha]], Dhaneswar Khera, India, 5th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seated Buddha BM OA1969.7-25.1.jpg?width=200 "statue of the Buddha]], Dhaneswar Khera, India, 5th century AD")
![The [[Amitābha]] Buddha from Hancui on display in the museum's stairwell, China, 6th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amitabha BM OA 1938.7-15.1.jpg?width=200 "The [[Amitābha]] Buddha from Hancui on display in the museum's stairwell, China, 6th century AD")
![luohan]] from Yixian made of glazed stoneware, China, 907-1125 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luóhàn at British Museum.jpg?width=200 "luohan]] from Yixian made of glazed stoneware, China, 907-1125 AD")
![Goddess Ambika]] found at [[Dhar]], India, 1034 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goddess Ambika from Dhar.JPG?width=200 "Goddess Ambika]] found at [[Dhar]], India, 1034 AD")
![Sculpture of the two Jain tirthankaras [[Rishabhanatha]] and [[Mahavira]], [[Orissa, India]], 11th-12th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tirthankaras.jpg?width=200 "Sculpture of the two Jain tirthankaras [[Rishabhanatha]] and [[Mahavira]], [[Orissa, India]], 11th-12th century AD")
![Room 33 - Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel known as the "[[Kang Hou Gui]]", China, 11th century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Kang Hou Gui Top.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel known as the \"[[Kang Hou Gui]]\", China, 11th century BC")
![Room 33 - A crowned figure of the [[Bodhisattva]] Khasarpana Avalokiteśvara, India, 12th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seated Avalokiteshvara BM OA 1985.5-11.1.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - A crowned figure of the [[Bodhisattva]] Khasarpana Avalokiteśvara, India, 12th century AD")
![Room 33 - Covered hanging jar with underglaze decoration, Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central [[Thailand]], 14th-16th centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Asia 2 (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Covered hanging jar with underglaze decoration, Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central [[Thailand]], 14th-16th centuries AD")
![Hu]]-shaped altar flower vessel, Ming dynasty, China, 15th -16th centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hu-shaped altar vessel BM 1989.0309.1.jpg?width=200 "Hu]]-shaped altar flower vessel, Ming dynasty, China, 15th -16th centuries AD")
![Room 33 - An assistant to the Judge of Hell, figure from a judgement group, [[Ming dynasty]], China, 16th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge assistant hell BM OA1917.11-16.1 n02.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - An assistant to the Judge of Hell, figure from a judgement group, [[Ming dynasty]], China, 16th century AD")
![Room 33 - Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze. [[Nepal]], 16th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Asia 41-2.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze. [[Nepal]], 16th century AD")
![Portrait of Ibrâhîm 'Âdil Shâh II (1580–1626), [[Mughal Empire]] of India, 1615 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indischer Maler um 1615 (I) 001.jpg?width=200 "Portrait of Ibrâhîm 'Âdil Shâh II (1580–1626), [[Mughal Empire]] of India, 1615 AD")
![Room 90 - Courtesans of the Tamaya House, attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu, screen painting; Japan, [[Edo period]], late 1770s or early 1780s AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Utagawa Toyoharu (attributed to), Courtesans of the Tamaya House.jpg?width=200 "Room 90 - Courtesans of the Tamaya House, attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu, screen painting; Japan, [[Edo period]], late 1770s or early 1780s AD")
![Room 33 - Large statue of [[Buddha]] made of [[lacquer]] from Burma, 18th-19th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SFEC BritMus Asia 027.JPG?width=200 "Room 33 - Large statue of [[Buddha]] made of [[lacquer]] from Burma, 18th-19th century AD")
![Room 33 - Figure of seated Lama; of painted and varnished papier-mâché, [[Ladakh]], India, 19th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seated.Lama-01-British.Museum.jpg?width=200 "Room 33 - Figure of seated Lama; of painted and varnished papier-mâché, [[Ladakh]], India, 19th century AD")
![Mound City]], Ohio, USA, 200 BC - 400 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum otter pipe.jpg?width=200 "Mound City]], Ohio, USA, 200 BC - 400 AD")
![San Agustín]], Colombia, c. 300-600 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum tomb guardian.jpg?width=200 "San Agustín]], Colombia, c. 300-600 AD")
![Room 1 - Maya maize god statue from [[Copán]], Honduras, 600-800 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maya maize god statue.jpg?width=200 "Room 1 - Maya maize god statue from [[Copán]], Honduras, 600-800 AD")
![Quimbaya Culture]], Colombia, 600-1100 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gold Lime Flasks (poporos) Quimbaya Culture, Colombia AD 600-1100 - British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Quimbaya Culture]], Colombia, 600-1100 AD")
![Room 27 - Lintel 25 from [[Yaxchilan]], Late Classic, Mexico, 600-900 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maya, lintel 25, da yaxchilan, 725.JPG?width=200 "Room 27 - Lintel 25 from [[Yaxchilan]], Late Classic, Mexico, 600-900 AD")
![Room 24 - Bird pectoral made from gold alloy, [[Popayán]], Colombia, 900-1600 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bird pectoral, Popayan, gold alloy, AD900–1600..jpg?width=200 "Room 24 - Bird pectoral made from gold alloy, [[Popayán]], Colombia, 900-1600 AD")
![Room 24 – Rapa Nui statue [[Hoa Hakananai'a]], 1000 AD, [[Wellcome Trust]] Gallery](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoa Hakananai'a - Moai in the British Museum.jpeg?width=200 "Room 24 – Rapa Nui statue [[Hoa Hakananai'a]], 1000 AD, [[Wellcome Trust]] Gallery")
![Room 27 - [[Double-headed serpent]] turquoise mosaic, Aztec, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis Bourez - British Museum, London (8748174360).jpg?width=200 "Room 27 - [[Double-headed serpent]] turquoise mosaic, Aztec, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD")
![Room 27 - Turquoise Mosaic Mask, [[Mixtec]]-[[Aztec]], Mexico, 1400-1500 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis Bourez - British Museum, London (8747055335).jpg?width=200 "Room 27 - Turquoise Mosaic Mask, [[Mixtec]]-[[Aztec]], Mexico, 1400-1500 AD")
![Room 2 - Miniature gold llama figurine, [[Inca]], Peru, about 1500 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miniature gold llama figurine.jpg?width=200 "Room 2 - Miniature gold llama figurine, [[Inca]], Peru, about 1500 AD")
![Room 25 - Part of the famous collection of Benin brass plaques, [[Nigeria]], 1500-1600 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benin Bronzes at the British Museum 1.jpg?width=200 "Room 25 - Part of the famous collection of Benin brass plaques, [[Nigeria]], 1500-1600 AD")
![Benin]] brass plaques in the museum, Nigeria, 1500-1600 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benin brass plaque 01.jpg?width=200 "Benin]] brass plaques in the museum, Nigeria, 1500-1600 AD")
![Room 25 - [[Benin ivory mask]] of Queen Idia, Nigeria, 16th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Idia mask BM Af1910 5-13 1.jpg?width=200 "Room 25 - [[Benin ivory mask]] of Queen Idia, Nigeria, 16th century AD")
![Room 24 - Hawaiian feather helmet or [[mahiole]], late 1700s AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hawaiian feather helmet, British Museum 3.jpg?width=200 "Room 24 - Hawaiian feather helmet or [[mahiole]], late 1700s AD")
![Bowl decorated with pearl shell and boars' tusks, used to serve the intoxicating drink [[kava]], Hawaii, late 1700s AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hawaiian bowl.jpg?width=200 "Bowl decorated with pearl shell and boars' tusks, used to serve the intoxicating drink [[kava]], Hawaii, late 1700s AD")
![totem poles]], Haida, British Columbia, Canada, about 1850 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British museum, totem.JPG?width=200 "totem poles]], Haida, British Columbia, Canada, about 1850 AD")
![Room 25 - Mask (wood and pigment); Punu people, [[Gabon]], 19th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Punu mask BM Af1904 11-22 1.jpg?width=200 "Room 25 - Mask (wood and pigment); Punu people, [[Gabon]], 19th century AD")
![Room 25 - Modern interpretation of [[kente cloth]] from [[Ghana]], late 20th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El Anatsui - Man's Cloth.jpg?width=200 "Room 25 - Modern interpretation of [[kente cloth]] from [[Ghana]], late 20th century AD")
![Discobolus of Myron]] (the Discus-Thrower)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM, Main Floor Main Entrance Hall ~ South Stairs.6.JPG?width=200 "Discobolus of Myron]] (the Discus-Thrower)")
![[[British Museum Reading Room]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006.jpg?width=200 "[[British Museum Reading Room]]")
![Ionic]] capital on a pilaster in the Great Court](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 183.jpg?width=200 "Ionic]] capital on a pilaster in the Great Court")
![African Garden – created by [[BBC TV]] programme [[Ground Force]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/England; London - The British Museum, Facade South Front ~ -Main Entrance + West Wing- Colonnade + The Africa Garden.2.jpg?width=200 "African Garden – created by [[BBC TV]] programme [[Ground Force]]")
, View South + Towards Assyrian Sculpture Gallery (Room 6).JPG?width=200 "Room 4 – Egyptian Sculpture, view towards the Assyrian Transept")
, View North.3.JPG?width=200 "Room 4")
, Centre Island + North Wall- ~ Assyrian Empire + -Lamassu, Stela's, Statue's, Obelisk's, Relief Panel's & Full Projection.1.jpg?width=200 "The British Museum, Room 6 – Assyrian Sculpture")
![Room 8 – Pair of [[Lamassu]] from [[Nimrud]] & reliefs from the palace of [[Tiglath-Pileser III]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; RM8 - ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 75 South + East Wall (S) ~ Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 B.C) + Full Elevation & Viewing South.1.JPG?width=200 "Room 8 – Pair of [[Lamassu]] from [[Nimrud]] & reliefs from the palace of [[Tiglath-Pileser III]]")
![Room 7 – Reliefs from the North-west palace of [[Ashurnasirpal II]], [[Nimrud]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; RM7 - ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 1 Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C) ~ Full Elevation & Viewing South.JPG?width=200 "Room 7 – Reliefs from the North-west palace of [[Ashurnasirpal II]], [[Nimrud]]")
![Room 89 – [[Nimrud]] & Nineveh Palace Reliefs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; ANE - RM 89, Assyrian Reliefs ~ Nineveh.JPG?width=200 "Room 89 – [[Nimrud]] & Nineveh Palace Reliefs")
.JPG?width=200 "Room 10 – Nineveh, The Royal Lion Hunt")
![Room 20a – Tomb of Merehi & Greek Vases, [[Lycia]], 360 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomb of Merehi 1.jpg?width=200 "Room 20a – Tomb of Merehi & Greek Vases, [[Lycia]], 360 BC")
![Towneley]] Roman Sculptures](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Townley Sculptures.JPG?width=200 "Towneley]] Roman Sculptures")
![Main Staircase – [[Discobolus]], Roman](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SFEC BritMus Roman 022.JPG?width=200 "Main Staircase – [[Discobolus]], Roman")
![Main Staircase – [[Townley Caryatid]], Roman, 140–160 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Townley Caryatid (anterior).jpg?width=200 "Main Staircase – [[Townley Caryatid]], Roman, 140–160 AD")
.1.JPG?width=200 "Room 5 – Exhibitions Panorama")
![Room 5 – The [[Persepolis]] Casts](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The British Museum, Room 5-Persepolis Bas-relief.jpg?width=200 "Room 5 – The [[Persepolis]] Casts")
.3.JPG?width=200 "Room 5 – Exhibitions Relics")
![Room 5 – The [[Cyrus Cylinder]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM; ANE - Forgotten Empire Exhibition, The Cyrus Cylinder (Room 5).JPG?width=200 "Room 5 – The [[Cyrus Cylinder]]")
![[[Ivian Sarcos]], [[Miss World 2011]] at a school in [[Mumbai]], India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivian sar..jpg?width=200 "[[Ivian Sarcos]], [[Miss World 2011]] at a school in [[Mumbai]], India")
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Definizione
Wikipedia
"Oceania" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer Björk for her sixth studio album Medúlla. It was written and produced by Björk, with additional writing by Sjón and production by Mark Bell. The song was written by the singer specially for the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, after a request by the International Olympic Committee. "Oceania" was released as a promotional single on 13 August 2004, by One Little Indian Records. The song was written at the ocean's point of view, from which the singer believes all life emerged, and details the human's evolution, whilst accompanied by a choir. "Oceania" was generally well received by music critics, who believed it was the best track from Medúlla, although some thought it was not the best choice for a promotional release.
The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Lynn Fox, features Björk as "Mother Oceania", whilst being jewel-encrusted in dark watery depths, with a colourful sunset and swirling floral creatures above her. A remix of the song, featuring additional lyrics and vocals by Kelis on her point of view of the continents, was featured as a B-side to the "Who Is It" single. A piano version also appeared on the DVD single, and was assisted in its creation by Nico Muhly. The song was premiered during Björk's performance on the Summer Olympics ceremony, and was later included on the setlist of the Volta Tour (2007–08). At the 47th Grammy Awards in 2005, it was nominated in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Cover versions of "Oceania" were done six times, while it was sampled once.
