BRITISH MUSEUM
INTRODUCTION
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You are about to visit one of the world's largest museums of human history and culture; it attracts around 5 million tourists, researchers, and enthusiasts every year. Its collections include...
COLLECTIONS BUILDING
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After going through the main entrance on Russell Street, you're now in the central courtyard of the British Museum. Admission is free, just like at the National Gallery: you can choose to come here on...
ROSETTA STONE
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Now I'd like to tell you about one of the most famous archaeological finds in the world, which is renowned because it made it possible to finally decipher hieroglyphics: the famous Rosetta Stone.
It...
PARTHENON MARBLE INTRODUCTION
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The rectangular hall you now stand in was specifically designed to display the museum's most important and controversial group of classical statues: the "Elgin Marbles", which are the...
PARTHENON MARBLE PEDIMENTS
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The display of the Eastern pediment culminates with the depiction of the "Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus". This grandiose sculptural group lets you appreciate all of Phidias' mastery...
PARTHENON MARBLE HIGH RELIEFS
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Now let me tell you about the Parthenon's exterior decorations, beginning with the so-called "metopes", which are the Doric-style high reliefs of the frieze that ran just below the facade's...
TEMPLE OF NEREID
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The Greek and Roman Antiquities collection occupies 13 rooms in the western wing of the British Museum's ground floor. Now that you've admired the Parthenon Marbles, let me tell you about another...
MOAI STATUE
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Now let me tell you about a gem in the British Museum that you can't miss: the statue of Hoa Hakananai'a from the village of 'Orongo on Easter Island. This is one of the sculptural masterpieces of...
