Hi2u,
So this post will just be a kind of photo essay of my trip on Sunday. Having recovered from the exobarant amount of museums I saw in New York, I thought it would be fun to mill around the British Museum and see what all the fuss was about. Apparently, all the fuss is about one of the largest natural history museums in the world. The size of the building was simply staggering. Even with five hours devoted to seeing its exhibits, and keeping rather fleet of foot the whole time, I missed entire wings. It was equally, if not more, impressive than the Met in NYC. While I am a sucker for Greek and Roman sculpture and vases, the British Museum's collection of Egyptian and African art was very compelling. Without further ado, here's some pictures.
A shot of the exterior entry of the British Museum.
A section of the frieze from the Parthenon, in Greece. The fact that the British Museum has it, and not the Greecian government is the topic of much debate. More about it can be found at the wikipedia page here.
A mask used by Gladiators in ancient Rome. I thought it was nifty.
A couple of mummified cats. Creeeeeeeepy!
This one is really, really interesting. This is an Egyptian mummy, but wasn't mummified like the most well-known ones. This unfortunate dude was trapped under very hot sands for a few thousand years, and preserved his body very, very well. Definately one of my favorite exhibits.
Here are one of the statues from Easter Island. They look very impressive in person. Not quite sure how the British Museum lawfully aquired this one, though.
And what would a trip to the British Museum be without a little Ganesh?
.:August
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