London Part VI: Day 9

Day 9

Tuesday, June 25

After class, we embarked for our final day in London.  We decided to spend the day at the British Museum.  This enormous museum has so much, I could spend more than a day there.  It features art, sculpture, artifacts and anything and everything else.

 The pillars of the front entrance

 The main rotunda of the museum has another amazing ceiling.

The British Museum houses the infamous Rosetta Stone.  This Stone, unearthed in 1799 was the key to translating languages such as Egyptian Hieroglyphics.  You may know it based on the highly popular language-learning program, which borrows its name.  This is just a replica of the Stone, I would find the actual stone later.

You’re allowed to touch this one

Here is the real Rosetta Stone.

One of the most memorable exhibits was one called the History of Drugs.  It detailed the drug history of an English couple.  It catalogued every pill they had ever taken and wove it into a long strip. 

 It's a Crystal Skull.  Indiana Jones anyone?

The museum is broken up by continent, so after the North American wing, we headed to the Asian wing.  I took a lot of pictures of the Korean wing.

A traditional Korean han-bok

I've had one of these since I was little.

 Then we moved on to Chinese Ceramics.  There was some beautiful pieces.

On the ground floor of the Asian wing there was a section of new acquisitions.  This is an original Michelangelo.  

Afterwards, we moved on to Africa and saw some Mummies!  The Egyptian exhibit is huge and very detailed.

Sarcophagi

There was also a really interesting exhibit on money.

Sam and I know a little somethin' somethin' about dat CA$H

We ended our visit with the Parthenon exhibit!  It includes actual pieces from the Parthenon in Rome.

After our museum visit, I finished off my London experience with an authentic Fish n' Chips dinner! 

So that was London, off to Brussels! :)