Rosetta stone from the back.Rosetta stone from the side.
There’s much of the relief sculpture from the Parthenon, a Greek temple finished in 438 BC. (Btw, ever visited Tennessee’s Parthenon, from 1897?)…
My fave art at the Parthenon’s frieze is on the left, wearing a llama t-shirt…The Parthenon frieze is huge! This is only a small portion.
On it, the faces of hunters are differentiated by their postures, rather than by their features…
Galloping around the Parthenon…Sacrificial animals on the frieze weren’t thrilled about their lot.Iris, the winged messenger goddess, roomed at the Parthenon.
The British Museum’s collection is overwhelming. We only had time to see a smattering of it…
Clay mastiffs warded off devils and demons in about 645 BC, northern Iraq.This god has appreciated his mastiff’s protection from evil since 800-700 BC, in southern Iraq.Lely’s Venus (Aphrodite) does what she can to stay strategically covered. She’s a copy from 1st or 2nd AD.Compared to lots of other items at the British Museum, these poker-style game cards from Iran, are freshly minted — they’re from 1800-1900.This protective spirit lost his sheaf of twigs. Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, 710-705 BC.
After the museum, we meandered across the street — where a gift shop offered a different type of show…
What’s the silliest thing you’ve seen in or around a museum?…
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57 thoughts on “Part 1 of 3: British Museum (plus silly video) by da-AL”
I wonder how long it would take to do justice to even a fraction of the exhibits there?
The Swingers are cleverly done and make a good contrast!
I wonder how long it would take to do justice to even a fraction of the exhibits there?
The Swingers are cleverly done and make a good contrast!
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Glad you liked them lol
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The art is amazing – how lucky you are to have seen it.
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I am very grateful for the opportunity, Sharon 🙂
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My least fave part in such museums is Parthenon, and such. I prefer seeing it in Athens where it belongs.
The antique part of Louvre made me sick. To see how much they stole to be earning money out of sth that was never theirs to start with.
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Good point — I can’t change it, so I still admire the works, but it weighs on my mind too…
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Wow awesome pictures and so nice to see old relics and what they implied in those days. Thanks for the share.
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We stayed on Drury Lane near the British museum. We weren’t there long enough to visit the museum. We didn’t see the Muffin Man either.
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Muffin Man? Lol
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I just now looked it up. It is the same Drury Lane in the nursery rhyme.
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