From the British Library, we met up with Dad and took a quick bus ride to the British Museum. We had just a few hours to spend, but we made the most of it. C took a well-timed snooze in the stroller, and we enjoyed the Egyptian gallery. A was fascinated by the hieroglyphic texts.
We had seen Roman artifacts at many other museums in England (Cirencester, Bath, York, etc.), but the sheer volume of the British Museum's intact Roman artifacts was impressive. For instance, we had seen massive works of Roman tiles elsewhere, but the number and size of the mosaics here was amazing!
We enjoyed galleries of clocks and watches, naval artifacts, and some Greek items. We were sure to look at the giant Easter Island statue, and spent time marveling at the Rosetta Stone. Then we were tired out from our day in London!
Checking out an Egyptian tomb that
a medieval family used as a bathtub
Large Roman mosaics line a stairwell
C loved these Roman food preparation artifacts
Easter Island statue
The Rosetta Stone
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