大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 3月8日 19時55分

Today is #InternationalWomensDay!

To celebrate, all week we’ll be sharing the stories of female figures from ancient history to the present day – stay tuned for more!

This bronze statuette of a running girl was probably made in Sparta around 520 BC. Unusually for ancient Greece, women in Sparta were expected to take part in athletics – they couldn’t compete in the Olympic Games, but had a festival of their own called the Heraia.

The second image depicts Murasaki Shikibu – often thought of as the world’s first novelist. She wrote the ‘Tale of Genji’ in 11th-century Japan. The tale was still popular in the 1800s when this print was made by Utagawa Kunisada.

The third image is of two chocolate cups, which depict the cottage of the ‘Ladies of Llangollen’. In 1778 Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby fled Ireland and set up home in Wales. Challenging conventions of the time, they lived together for 50 years.

The final image is a beautifully modelled head depicting Arsinoe II, queen of Egypt between 278–270 BC. By royal decree, a statue of her had to be placed in every temple in Egypt, and she was sometimes recognised as Isis, mother goddess and patron of magic.

From artists to athletes, sorceresses to scientists, our curators take a closer look at women who have shaped world history in our blog – #linkinbio

#IWD2019 #BalanceForBetter #WomensHistoryMonth #LGBTQ #AncientGreece #Japan #AncientEgypt #BritishMuseum #London #UK

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