There is one room in the British Museum where wonder and unease sit side by side. Room 18 is a long, top-lit hall lined with marble, and the carving in it is …
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Ancient Egypt at the British Museum: The Rosetta Stone, the Hall of Colossi, and a 5,500-Year-Old Murder
by Bubblyby Bubbly 11 min readThe British Museum in London holds one of the largest collections of Egyptian material anywhere outside Cairo, and you meet it on two floors. The monumental stone sits downstairs in the long …
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The British Museum in a Few Hours: The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Marbles, and the Frog Worth Coming Back For
by Bubblyby Bubbly 15 min readI have now been to the British Museum in London twice, in 2019 and again on a cold afternoon last November, and I still have not seen all of it. That is …
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The Natural History Museum in London: From Mary Anning’s Fossils to Hope the Whale
by Bubblyby Bubbly 16 min readI walked into the Natural History Museum on a December afternoon expecting to see Dippy. I had forgotten that Dippy had been gone since 2017. What was hanging above the central staircase …
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The Animals of the Tower of London: From the Royal Menagerie to the Ravens
by Bubblyby Bubbly 10 min readThe Tower of London is famous for the Crown Jewels, the executions, the medieval fortress walls, and the ravens. Of all the things to do in London, a visit here is one …
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The White Tower: Inside the Norman Fortress That Changed England
by Bubblyby Bubbly 11 min readThe White Tower sits at the centre of the Tower of London, both literally and architecturally. Most visitors walk past it on the way to the Crown Jewels, glance up, take a …