John Julius Norwich

WELCOME to the British Museum. It is, as you can see, an enormous place, and many people visiting it for the first time find it a little daunting. But though we can't make the Museum any smaller, we can make it easier to understand; and that is the real purpose of this guide. We know your time is...

WELCOME to the British Museum. It is, as you can see, an enormous place, and many people visiting it for the first time find it a little daunting. But though we can't make the Museum any smaller, we can make it easier to understand; and that is the real purpose of this guide. We know your time is...

Ein kurzer Rundgang durchDAS BRITISCHE MUSEUMJOHN JULIUS NORWICHWILLKOMMEN im Britischen Museum. Es ist, wie Sie sehen, ein máchtiger Bau, der vielleicht auf erstmalige Besucher etwas überwáltigend wirkt. Zwar láfit sich an den Ausmafien nichts ándern, aber wir können den Aufbau...

We enter the Egyptian Gallery between two black granite seated statues of one of the great builders of ancient Egypt, King Amenophis III, who reigned from 1417 to 1379 bc. Just behind the left heel of the larger one you will see carved the name belzoni. G.B. Belzoni was an extraordinary Italian...

WELCOME to the British Museum. It is, as you can see, an enormous place, and many people visiting it for the first time find it a little daunting. But though we can't make the Museum any smaller, we can make it easier to understand; and that is the real purpose of this guide. We know your time is...

Ein kurzer Rundgang durch DAS BRITISCHE MUSEUMJOHN JULIUS NORWICHWILLKOMMEN im Britischen Museum. Es ist, wie Sie sehen, ein mächtiger Bau, der vielleicht auf erstmalige Besucher etwas überwältigend wirkt. Zwar läßt sich an den Ausmaßen nichts ändern, aber wir können den Aufbau...

Foreword by SirNikolaus Pevsner The first world history of architecture was published 254 years ago. It is Fischer von Eriach's Entmirff einer Historischen Architectur. Fischer von Erlach was Architect to the Emperor Charles VI. His book consists of large etchings, each with two or three...