The British Museum, probably my favorite museum in the whole world, is a monument to curiosity, exploration and a refreshingly innocent nineteenth-century sense of national entitlement to the best the world has to offer.
The Great Court of the British Museum, transformed into a glass-covered public space in 2000 for the millennium. More...
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Posted by ellen at June 15, 2008 05:09 PM
Here are some of the highlights of our recent visit:
Marble bust of Pericles, 2nd century, CE, after a Greek original. More info...
Egyptian Canopic Chest and Jars
I like the way he seems to be peering over the top of the box.
Nereid Monument
This is the tomb of Erbinna, ruler of Lycian Xanthos, south-west Turkey. The statues are of sea nymphs (Nereids). More info...
Assyrian relief
Shell and Fossil collection from the King's Library
King George III created this library and the building was built for it in 1823. It was the first part of the new British Museum building. Besides books, there are 18th century objects and scientific instruments on display, and exhibits which explore the advances of the age. More on the King's Library...
Cartonnage Case of a mummy
Head from a statue of Amenhotep III, ca. 1400 BC. More on this item
Tiny Terracotta warriors by children, in honor of the "The First Emperor - China's Terracotta Army" show
Modern Chinese Calligraphy
Not the greatest photo but the calligraphy was amazing. This is a portion of a scroll by Li Luogong (1917-1991)
It was difficult to photograph in the glass case, but here is a much better image of the entire scroll:
www.fathom.com/course/21701734/liluogong.html
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath
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Ethiopian painting
Marble relief, Parthenon, Greece
Terracotta figurines from Cyprus
from Enkomi, tomb 67 Date: 1450BC-1200BC
Brass astrolabe with silver inlay from Isfahan, Iran, AD 1712
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China, bronze dog
Cycladic figurine
Early Bronze Age, about 2600-2400 BC. From the Cyclades, Aegean Sea
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