Philippa Joseph

Perseus beheading Medusa, Selinous, Sicily.

Medusa

A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.

The Ramayana is one of the two great ancient Sanskrit epics from India (the other being the Mahabharata) and is one of Hinduism’s foundational texts. Thought, in its earliest sections, to date from between the seventh and fourth centuries bc, it forms part of the cultural consciousness across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The Ramayana covers the journey of prince Rama and his wife Sita, and is full of poignant stories and captivating characters through which the importance of virtue and duty e

The Nandi Bull

Two Hindu gods discover an abandoned child while following the wind’s path.

Giuseppe Garibaldi during the landing of the Thousand at Marsala, 11th May 1860, by Gerolamo Induno, 19th century.

Sun and Stone

A new cultural history of Sicily, the key to the Mediterranean.

The so-called Temple of Concordia at Agrigento (c.440 BC) and Igor Mitoraj's Fallen Icarus (2011)

Of Greek vases and Byzantine mosaics

In 1787 Goethe wrote: ‘Sicily … will for me be an indestructible treasure for my whole life’. The British Museum’s new exhibition endeavours to make claim to those riches.