Posts by Dr Juliette Desplat Records and researchThe beginnings of the Iraq MuseumTuesday 15 November 2016A new museum has opened in Basra - this took me back to the...Records and researchThe Nefertiti affair: the history of a repatriation debateFriday 16 September 2016Anglo-French rivalry, Germanophobia, two world wars and a flawless artefact. This is the background...Records and research‘Giving the Turks a drubbing’: The Battle of RomaniFriday 5 August 2016100 years ago, the Battle of Romani took place 23 miles east of the...Records and researchLászló von Almásy: the real ‘English patient’Friday 22 July 2016Some of the true stories behind 'The English Patient' are much more entertaining than...Records and researchDigging, damage and display: wartime archaeology in LibyaMonday 13 June 2016British military personnel were very interested in the ancient history of Libya – soldiers...Archives and archivists‘Dividing the bear’s skin while the bear is still alive’Monday 16 May 2016100 years on, Dr Juliette Desplat reflects on the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement …...Behind the scenes‘A trickle of Pharaonic valuables’Friday 5 February 2016We look behind the scenes of the British Museum's Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972…...Records and research‘I call it lunacy’: spelling squabbles within British governmentFriday 11 December 2015It is always comforting to realise we’re not the only ones dealing with trivial...Records and research‘Death by hanging’: the Nuremberg TrialsFriday 20 November 2015‘Nicht schuldig.’ (Not guilty.) These two German words pronounced somewhat defiantly, and almost flippantly,...Records and research‘Fair international reasoning’Friday 16 October 2015In my last blog, I mentioned antiquities discovered in Samarra that became the centre...Records and researchPeaceful archaeologyWednesday 19 August 2015Last time, I blogged about the fate of antiquities and ancient monuments in times...Records and research‘A state of affairs that fills me with grave disquiet and distress’Friday 26 June 2015The destruction of antiquities and ancient monuments has, sadly, been making the headlines rather... « 1 2 3 4 5 »