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2016Exhibitions intheBritishMuseum
Sunkencities:Egypt’slostworlds
19May－27November 2016
Sainsbury ExhibitionsGallery
Adults￡16.50, Members/under16sfree
Sunkenundertheseaforoverathousandyears,twolostcitiesofancientEgypt werelately rediscovered. Their amazing discovery is transforming our understanding of the deep connectionsbetweenthegreatancientcivilizationsofEgyptandGreece.Theirstoryistoldfor the first timein thisexhibition.
Francis Towne’swatercoloursof Rome
21January－14August2016
Room 90/ Open lateFridays
Free,justdropin
Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercoloursnot displayed together since1805.
Sicily:culture andconquest
21April－14 September 2016
Room 35
Tickets:Adults￡10, Members/under 16sfree
ThisexhibitiontellsSicily’sfascinatingstories－fromthearrivaloftheGreeksandother settlers,totheextraordinaryperiodofenlightenment(启蒙)underNormanruleinthe 11thto 13th centuries.
EarlyBritish exploration oftheclassicalworld
14March－27July2016
Room90a/ Open lateFridays
Free,justdropin
Thissmalldisplayfeatures aremarkableselectionofdrawingsbyBritishexplorersand architects, whodiscovered anddocumented someofSicily’sbest survivingclassical sculptureand architecture.
21.Whichplacedoes FrancisTowne’sworksdescribe?
A. Sicily. B. Rome.C. Egypt. D.France.
22. What art works are housed in Room 90a?
A. Sculptures. B. Watercolours. C. Drawings. D. Buildings.
23. Which exhibition can you attend in October?
A. Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds.
B. Sicily: culture and conquest.
C. Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome.
D.Early British exploration ofthe classical world.
