Imagining the Divine
That's Ancient History
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46m
Dr Janina Ramirez takes an exclusive tour of 'Imagining the Divine', the new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. With the exhibition's co-curator, Jas Eslner, Janina discovers how the art of the 5 major world religions spread across the globe in the first Millennium AD, and takes a fascinating journey through time, examining religious artefacts and artworks from around the world.
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