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British Museum
What a place. Even though we only had a few hours to enjoy the
delights of the museum I think we managed to at least get a feel
for the "ancient history" section - Egyptology, Elgin
marbles, Rosetta Stone etc. The reading room was also spectacular!
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The exterior of the British Museum
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Some of the famous Elgin marbles
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More "Marbles"
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One of the myriad of sarcophagi
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The ceiling of the wonderful Reading Room
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Another "mummy"
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One of the many ancient friezes all around the Museum
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The Reading Room
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Another angle of the reading Room ceiling.
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Yet more sarcophagus
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A model of the Acropolis
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Some of the original friezes from around the Acropolis
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Egyptian statuary
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Interior of a sarcophagus
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Petrified body from a tomb
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Reconstruction of the Nereid monument
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Detail of another mummy. There were probably hundreds of
mummies - we only got to see "enough"!
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The impressive entrance to the Museum.
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More of the Elgin Marbles
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I think I did mention that there were a lot of mummies and
sarcophagi!
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The Rosetta Stone - it is much larger than I imagined. It
is like a huge building block.
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Well, you can, sort of, see the hieroglyphics
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As it says - the History of the Rosetta Stone.
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