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Find out more about the Sumerian King List, one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia.⁠ ⁠ Look out for more videos and stories from our #AshmoleanfromHome series in the coming weeks, helping you to stay connected to our collections and our shared history until we reopen.⁠

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Mediterranean Threads

Have you explored our Mediterranean Threads online display?

Through a selection of highlights from our collection, explore the visual richness and technical sophistication of 18th- and 19th-century Greek embroideries, as well as their debt to the many artistic traditions that flourished around the Mediterranean.

Here, one of our conservator's is pictured working on an embroidery in Cretan feather stitch from the boarder of a chemise or skirt. Find out more about this object in the online display here. 

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Ashmolean from Home: Night Parade of 100 Ghosts and Demons What is the Night Parade of 100 Ghosts and Demons, and what should you do if you hear it, according to Japanese superstition?

Learn about the cultural significance of this phenomenon, which inspired a number of prints that we hold in our collections, in this one minute video.

[Print series by Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1893]

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Ashmolean from Home: The Two Emperors Coins Apparently even Anglo-Saxon kings weren't immune to a bit of pettiness here and there: a history written under Alfred the Great's reign writes Ceolwulf II off as a 'puppet', and 'not a real king', while these coins tell a slightly different story.⁠

⁠Find out more in this short *one minute* video.⁠

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Ashmolean from Home: The Great Bookcase Learn the fascinating story behind this enormous, elaborate and highly decorated bookcase that belonged to Victorian Architect and Designer William Burges.

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Learn about Cuneiform, a fascinating system of writing that dates back to 3500 BC.

Look out for more #AshmoleanfromHome videos and articles in the coming days to help you stay connected to our collections.

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Who is the hindu deity Ganesha, and what does he represent? How did he end up with an Elephant's head? And why is he often spotted with a handful of sweets? 🍬 

Find out all these things and more in this *one-minute* video.

As part of our #AshmoleanfromHome series, we want to bring as much of our collections to your home as we possibly can until we can reopen. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for online exhibitions, short videos, curator articles and more.

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Ashmolean from Home: Krishna

Who was the Hindu deity Krishna, and what was he known for?

Find out in this *one minute* video.

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