This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to understand the art and technology of glassmaking from three broad geographical regions, comparing the function and forms of glass of the ancient world with the role of glass as high art in the world today.

The British Museum houses one of the greatest collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world, and this exhibition presents more than 100 individual items which have been selected to illustrate the achievements of Egyptian art and culture.

This exhibition will bring together a selection of precious objects, including formal and informal robes, arms and armor, accessories and jewelry, scepters and seals, portraits and paintings, and a complete throne room, from the Palace Museum in Beijing.