London - British Museum exhibits and shops

I continued to wander through the British Museum and stopped to see some of my favorites.  I also visited some sections that are new to me, and stopped to watch a technology video on how anthropologists are discovering the colors of these ancient worlds.

History of the World in 100 objects.  This link will take you to information on the museum's program: "Discover the 100 objects featured in the Radio 4 series; listen to the programmes online and download the podcast; see what other museums in the UK have contributed, and find out more about the project on the BBC and British Museum A History of the World website."  This program sounds very interesting and will be perfect for listening on podcast (free!).

The Rosetta Stone

This is the section of the museum that displays the Nereid monument. Click here to see the British Museum information.

This is a close up of one of the sections on the bottom.

Zoom in a little closer on the person on the ground,

and one of the standing men.

One of the stones on the corner.

Detail of the carving

Figures of three goddesses from the east pediment of the Parthenon.

Close up of the carving.

One exhibit showed how the museum is using technology to recreate some of the broken carvings.

This is what is currently found.

Given found impressions and paint remains, one guess shows that the carving looking like this.

 

This demonstrates what a painted part of a building would look like.

Now on to a little shopping. Here are some of the museum scarves.

The special exhibit was on Afghanistan.