The British Museum of course!And it's free! Got to love the Brits for that!
Rosetta Stone - now protected by a glass case - unlike the first time I saw it - then there was just a rope around it with nothing to stop an excited 16 year old from touching it!
Amazing - the Egyptian King Lists. The basis for many years of all the chronology schemes in the Near East.
Assyrian scultpture is fantastic. I wonder how much has been lost in the last couple of years as Iraq has slid into anarchy.
One of the Museum's jewels - the Parthenon Marbles. Whether they should be here is far to complex a question for me.
The Lewes Chess set. Beautiful little ivory pieces from the Viking times.
I've always had a soft spot for medieval art. Reckon i missed my calling, should have been a medievalist. These i think were from the old Palace of Westminister.
This piece is equisite each circle is smaller than the centre of my palm and yet it is carved in 3D. Absolutely amazing.
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