Closing Day: Treasures Galore
Our trip came to a close with a day spent at the British Museum, a storehouse of treasures that we thoroughly enjoyed. It is utterly mind-bending to actually see the ancient treasures that you have studied for so long and with so much interest!
There was the Egypt collection…
The fantastic Greek exhibit…
The Mesopotamian exhibit - I think this was my personal favorite.
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, showing a Biblical scene - King Jehu bringing tribute.
The Cyrus Cylinder.
A fragment of the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh.
And then we flew home…
December 14th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Hey Gabe, I’d love to get to go to the British Museum sometime. Alas, I will have to wait. I don’t even care for Egyptian history that much, but I think being in that museum, I’d still be enthralled.