Itinerary
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Stop At: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG England
The Museum is the largest ethnographic Museum in the world - culture is its theme. It represents not only British culture but it is a collection of World cultures such as the Egyptian, Assyrian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Pacific Ocean, the Americas and Eastern Cultures etc. This British Museum tour is ideal for a personalised perspective on the collections. Everything is huge here, like the recently refurbished hall called the Great Court. The Museum owns over 9 million objects, of which 2 million are on display. You may not see them all!!! Some of the most important - starting from the very beginning - is the
one million and six hundred thousand year old Hand Ax from Africa; to some of the rarest and best kept
Egyptian statues;
the Rosetta Stone;
the Egyptian Mummies;
the Assyrian Palace's Freezes with details of their battles quoted in the Bible, and among them
the Lion Hunt; also inluded is
the Mesopotamian 2000 B.C. Standard of Ur - from the small but powerful Mesopotamian town where Abraham was born and lived in those years; to
the Parthenon Sculptures, as well as Roman sculptures like
the Portland Vase; Caesar’s and Augustus’s Iate I century BC busts and
the Anglo Saxon Hoards recently discovered found buried in Britain after the Roman Conquest etc. from 400 AD.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG England
Halfway through our tour, we will take a 15 minute break for rest and refreshments!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG England
This is where the tour will end.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes