Day 3 London

09/07/2015

Today our plans are to visit the British Museum and the famous Princess Louise Pub, where we ended up having lunch. The Princess Louise Pub is renown as one of the best pubs in London to capture the English pub experience.  Of course we had “Fish and Chips”. Visiting the British Museum is like visiting the Louvre in Paris. It can take days to see everything, but we only had a day to see much of what was taken from the Greeks and the Egyptians was our focus. The best way to get around in London in by using their subway system, known as the "Tube". You can buy an "Oyster Pass" that can take you virtually every where you want to go. So, I will start with a couple pictures of the "Tube".

The "Tube"



They have some of the longest escalator I have ever seen.

British Museum


Grand Entrance

The main lobby had a spectacular ceiling.


The first artifact that you see when you enter is the famous Rosetta Stone.

The Assyrian Exhibit




Athens Exhibit

These artifacts where taken from the Acropolis in Athens by the British. The Greek government has requested that they be returned several times, but to no avail. The British believe that they are safer in the British Museum. Initially the British said that the Greek museum was not suitable for housing the precious artifact. So Greece built the New Acropolis Museum. The British now say that they don't want to "set a president" by returning national artifacts.


Aristokes Horse


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Aristokes Tomb Tiles


Nerid Monument


Nerid Monument


Nerid Monument


Nerid Monument at the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens


Taken from the Acropolis in Athens

Babylon Exhibit


An artist view of the Tower of Babel


Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylon


Babaloin Mosaic

Balawat Gate & Guarding Lions



Winged Lion Guard

Winged Lion Guard


Winged Lion-Palace of Ashurnasirpal

Egyptian Exhibit


Amenhotep Lion


Amenhotep Lion


Nenkhefetka


Nenkhefetka

Nenkhefetka


Sarcophagus


Solar Boat Model


Egyptian Acrobat


Gebelein Man


Gebelein Man


Gebelein Man


Gebelein Man


Hieroglyphs


Hieroglyphs


Jericho Tomb


Jericho Tomb


Jericho Tomb


Jericho Tomb


King Ashurbanipal


King Ashurbanipal Tablets


King Ashurbanipal Tablets


King Ashurbanipal Tablets


Sphinx


Sphinx & Wally

Princess Louise Pub

 

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