Byzantium Treasures Coming To Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts has announced a new exhibition which will showcase important Byzantium treasures. Around 300 objects from the Byzantine empire, including icons, detached wall paintings, micro-mosaics, ivories, enamels plus gold and silver metalwork, some of which have never been on public display before.

The show will run from 25th October to 22 March 2009 in the RA's Main Galleries. For more information, goto the Royal Academy website.