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Museum of the Mind, from 17 April, celebrates the museum's 250th birthday in June, and includes ancient images of Christ.

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The exhibition shows the breadth of the museum's collection, such as Roman sculptures of classical dramatists.

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Icons from Constantinople - now Turkey - were one of the greatest treasures of the 14th-Century Byzantine era.

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The face of Oliver Cromwell, a key figure in the English Civil War, was recorded in wax, following his death in 1658.

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Artist William Hogarth's prints made him famous before he also won renown as one of the greatest 18th-Century painters.

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Astrolabes were astronomical computers used in Medieval times to solve problems using the Sun and the stars.

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Wood carvings, thought to date from the late 19th Century, were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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In 1845, artist James Stephanoff chose a painting as his way to record many of the museum's priceless antiquities.

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Papier mache figures continue to figure largely in Mexico's annual Day of the Dead festival in November.

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The legendary Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was recreated as a puppet by craftsmen in his native country.