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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London June 10th 2009

Hi Everyone! This is a detail of my trip to the British Museum and Library. Established in 1753 it is over 250 years old! The museum itself could be in a museum! It has artifacts from over 3,000 years ago. And Admission is FREE! It is truly a pleasure to be surrounded by so much culture and history! They have the Rosetta Stone! I got to see it in person! (I almost bought one of those cheesy Rosetta Stone paper weights, but I restrained myself.) Apparently it was found built into another building, someone was trying to reuse the stone. Very environmentally conscious of them. And I guess we are glad they did because otherwise, who knows what might have happened to it. The collection of Egyptian artifacts is amazing. Apparently, British scholars went to Egypt ... read more
Rosetta Stone!
Assyrian
Sphinx Beard




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