I went to the British Museum today to gather information for my project that I have to do for my History of Art class and I had a pretty good time. I took a ton of pictures but it's mostly Egyptian art. I'm thinking about going back again because there was just way too much to see in just one day. They also have artwork from ancient Rome, Greece, Assyria, China, Iraq, Iran, central Europe and a bunch of other countries. The highlight was randomly finding the Rosetta Stone. I had no idea it was in this museum.
Sorry for the hasty update but I have to start packing for my trip to Paris this weekend. I'm leaving tomorrow morning and I should be home by Sunday night. Here are all of the pictures I have taken this past week:
Stonehenge!
Stonehenge again.
And again...
And again...
Hey look, Stonehenge.
After a while it's just a big pile of rocks.
The Roman spa inside the Temple of Minerva.
Roman sculptures above the spa.
Outside the Temple of Minerva.
Another shot of the spa.
Another sculpture.
Another sculpture.
The pedament outside the Temple of Minerva.
The temple steps.
One of the mosaics inside the temple.
Roman coffins.
Roman tombstones.
One of the tunnels that supplied water to the spas.
Another tunnel.
Another tunnel.
Spa used to cure ailments.
This was pretty cool. It was a reenactment of a temple priest reciting a prayer and giving thanks to Minerva.
Another spa full of money.
Another shot of the temple.
Another spa.
The church in the town of Bath.
Where all of the rulers of Rome resided.
Bell tower in the town of Warwick.
Warwick Castle!
Another shot of the castle.
Around the outside of the castle.
Pretty.
One of many Madam Tussaud's wax figures inside the castle. creepy.
Pretty.
Medieval catapult. they used it at the end of the day to launch a fireball. British Airways also informs you that bringing one of these onboard the plane is strictly prohibited.
Inside the courtyard.
One of the towers.
English renaissance fairs are so much better.
Most definitely.
The castle armory.
Suit of armor.
Knight on horseback.
Pretty.
Yep Queen Elizabeth's butt is all over it.
Uhh...
More creepy wax figures.
The town of Warwick atop one of the towers.
Another shot of Warwick.
The Warwick Abeey church.
Shot of the rest of the castle.
Castle again.
Castle again.
Another shot of the town. Those buldings are hundreds of years old.
Pretty.
More creepy wax figures.
Inside the castle dungeon.
Dungeon again.
Inside the Peacock Garden.
Outside the British Museum.
Inside the British Museum. This place is massive.
"Chariots", Assyrian carving from 728 BC.
Giant carving of a goddess. Egyptian carving from 1400 BC.
Another colossal Egyptian carving.
Egyptian scripture.
More carvings.
The falcon of Horus.
Egyptian sarcophagus.
Another sarcophagus.
Egyptian pillars.
Another carving.
Egyptian carving of a scarab.
Assyrian carving.
Massive Assyrian carving.
Egyptian hieroglyphics.
More Egyptian hieroglyphics.
More Egyptian stuff.
False door of Ptahshepses, Egyptian, 2440 BC.
Egyptian figurines.
More Egyptian figurines.
Egyptian tomb paintings.
Well hey, it's the freaking Rosetta Stone. Crappy picture though. I got bumped by a Japanese tourist so it came out kind of blurry.
Statue of Venus.
Some of the sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece.
More of the statues and the pedament from the Parthenon in Greece.
Entrance to the Parthenon exhibit.
More statues from the Parthenon.
The Three Sisters, from the Parthenon in Greece.
More Parthenon sculptures.
The Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon.
More of the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon.
Bust of Apollo, Roman sculpture, 120-140 AD.
Another statue of Apollo, 200-150 BC.
Bling from ancient Greece.
The Thorn Puller, Roman sculpture, 25-50 AD.
Statue of Venus.
Statue of Zeus.
Statue of Hermes.
Statue of Paris.
Statue of Hercules.
More Egyptian figurines. (2nd floor)
Egyptian tomb paintings.
More Egyptian carvings.
A peasant burial from Egypt. Yes, that is a real skeleton.
Another peasant burial, real skeleton too.
Egyptian sarcophagus.
Another Egyptian sarcophagus.
Egyptian sarcophaguses. (spelling?)
Egyptian sarcophaguses.
Egyptian sarcophagus.
Egyptian sarcophaguses.
Egyptian sarcophagus.
Bust of Ceasar.
Those are all of the pictures I have for now. My next update will be pictures from Paris. Bye bye for now. I miss you all.
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