He's NOT Screaming?!
I take a look around the Edvard Munch exhibition at The British Museum.
According to Guilla Bartrum’s lecture, the subject of Edvard Munch most famous piece The Scream is not actually screaming at all. The Scream is in fact hearing a scream, the scream of nature on a day where the sky was blood red. That's why it looks so freaked out. Rephrase your use of the emoji accordingly.
That isn’t the only fun fact in this podcast, if you listen you’ll discover why this lady caused Munch to get shot in the finger…
The first in a new series, this episode of British Museum Untold sees Dr Julia Farley and Iszi Lawrence discover how explosions have affected objects, from bomb damage at the Museum during the Second World War, to the 2020 explosion in Beirut. They meet expert conservators, curators and archivists to find out how these objects have been painstakingly repaired.
Iszi and Dr Alice Roberts discuss her favourite ancient burial sites in the UK
Iszi and Caroline Lawrence discuss some of the Objects that inspired the Roman Mysteries series.
Iszi gets charmed by a curator into thinking Nero wasn’t as bad as all that.
Middle Eastern and North African Art - how does the British Museum chose what to add to its collection?
Curator Sue Brunning tells Iszi about the true story behind the excavation at Sutton Hoo, and how this famous discovery changed our understanding of the past.
From making up hieroglyphs to pinching obelisks, the history of Egyptology is nearly as fascinating as Egyptology itself.
In a new series the British Museum Untold sees Dr Julia Farley and Iszi Lawrence discover all the different ways The British Museum has been supporting international conversation projects and bringing the past to life!