This bell from the 14th century is remarkably inscribed "Ave Gracia"!

This mirror from the mysterious Etruscan civilisation depicts the twins, Castor and Pollux.

In this 16th-century zoological work, the name "monkfish" has been taken rather too literally...

This medieval manuscript is an exquisitely decorated early 15th-century copy of the Wycliffe Bible's New Testament.

Can you crack this riddle, found outside the Treasury at Winchester College?

Was this medieval spoon owned by William of Wykeham, the 14th-century Bishop of Winchester and founder of Winchester College?

This watercolour, depicting the Rhine, was painted by the famous artist J.M.W. Turner.

This will from 1411 contains the phrase "forgotten tithes", but had John Stanlegh actually forgotten to pay?

This terrapin-shaped ocarina from Honduras offers a brief glimpse into the musical tradition of the pre-Columbian Pech people.

This beautiful crucifix, enamelled in Limoges, would originally have been attached to a larger processional cross!

This Japanese print, from 1855, depicts people fording a river whilst travelling between Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and Kyoto.

This Athenian white-ground lekythos, from around 430 BC, depicts scenes of mourning.

This ship model was made by prisoners of war in Southampton Harbour from bone!

This 14th-century copy of Higden's Polychronicon contains a rare mappa mundi!

This edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia was the first atlas to be printed north of the Alps.

This watercolour offers insights into life at Windsor Castle in the 18th century.

This rare manuscript is both an invaluable resource for historians and relevant to the Becket exhibition at the British Museum.

Celebrating the Olympics with some Japanese culture, this box was made using traditional Japanese techniques.

This porcelain saucer dish has a large number of symbolic depictions, including ducks, peonies and pomegranates.

This duck scroll painting, from the Qing Dynasty in China, has a modest colour palette, but a large amount of fine detail.