Friday 17th April 2009

Today Gina and I played the part of tourists in our own capital city, and decided to spend some quality time at one of the world’s most famous museums. However, due to the immense size of the British Museum, we decided to concentrate (this visit) on viewing just the ancient Egyptian (see below) and Greek rooms (where we saw the Parthenon sculptures – including the “Elgin Marbles“).



Here is a picture of the “Rosetta Stone”. This is believed to be the key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.



The above is a photpgraph from a frieze of the “Elgin Marbles” – iconic sculpture from ancient Greece.