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Jadeite axe-head
New Egyptian gallery Ancient Egyptian Life and Death opens in early 2009
Clocks and Watches New Clocks and Watches gallery now open
Brass celestial globe
Changing face: masks for the living and the dead, for fun and for illusion
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Contemporary sculptors at the British Museum
The remaking of Iran
Magic drum storytelling Sunday 11 January 12.30, 14.00 and 15.30
Marc Quinn in conversation with Will Self Friday 16 January, 18.30
The British Museum 250 years on A lecture by Neil MacGregor Thursday 15 January, 18.30
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