British museum of colonial conquest (30pics)

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British museum of colonial conquest

Probably every museum can "boast" dark stories acquisition of certain exhibits. I am sure that in the Hermitage there is at least a couple dozen paintings, which broke the previous owners did not voluntarily in a period of unrest and wars of the last century.But in this respect, all of the museum world pale before the one - the greatest museum, ever existed on Earth Empire.



British Museum, without exaggeration - the main treasury of the world. If you want to get acquainted with the history of mankind in 3 hours - visit the British Museum, perhaps the only way to do it. Monument to world domination - past and present.

Visit the British Museum in London is free to anyone, regardless of income, may know the power of the Empire and its influence in the world.

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The British Museum is annually visited by 5.5 million people, its exhibits are located on an area of ​​6 hectares. Inspect the "everything-quick" is unlikely to come - the minimum route for those in a hurry, it takes 1-2 hours. Optimal - 3-4 hours. Well, if you're a scientist, you can spend here at work some part of life, as did Marx and Lenin. With me in the day temperature rose to 39 and I walked around like a zombie a small part of the museum, and even I do not remember what I saw and what is not.





The main treasure of the museum is not zolotishko or "Girl's Best Friend", and a simple stone. One such stone. Simple.



With this stone, carved with him three identical within the meaning of texts in different languages, able to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.One of the letters written in Greek, which was well known to linguists. Comparison of the three texts was the starting point for deciphering.

But the museum began in 1753 with a small library, which became his base. Here in this room is exposed part of the ancient books.



Who do you think plundered pyramid?



And what happened to the pharaohs of the tombs?



Or here's another real human skull decorated with mosaics:



I like numizata amateur interested primarily coins. That's how British collectors cataloged its charms.
Who as a child, too, so did the pencil?



And this last shirt colonialists robbed some poor Indians:



And this shirt from walrus intestine - the Eskimo:



In the museum you can find not only the antiquity. Here, for example, the huge size of the installation of modern tablets:



She devoted medicines through which people can live happily with deadly diseases for many years.
How will I wanted to take out some of THE tabletochku ...

At -1 level museum is located African exposure. Here is a quilt made ...



... Not believe - in such bottle stoppers:



Well, the chair can guess from what:



If you guessed, the "Tree of Life" of this already.



And here is the Ancient Egypt:





Bas-reliefs of the Ancient East:



Assyrian lyudebyki - shedu:





And here is gold:



Amazingly fine workmanship oak branch. From school still remember how we were told about the physical properties of Aurum. This metal is so malleable that it can be rolled into a translucent sheet.



Ancient Greek Joker:



Statues of Galikarnaskogo mausoleum:



Facade of the temple Nereids:



And in this room put what Greeks still demand to return to their homeland. In 1801, the British ambassador to Turkey James Bruce, Lord Elgin almost robbed the ancient city of the Parthenon marbles and brought invaluable in London, in his private collection. At the same time in one of his letters, he did not fail to boast: "Bonaparte has not received the riches of all robberies in Italy, like me."



Ancient Cyprus:



One section of the museum - the world's largest collection of clocks.
Watch as the ship from Prague (1580):



Series gilt pocket watch (16-19 cc.)



History of Money:



Have you ever kept in the hands of big money? No, not the mortgage, before buying an apartment in the center of Moscow, and REALLY BIG MONEY!



A Swedish copper coin 8 Dallaire was run from 1644 to 1777. Her weight - 15 kg. Copper, from which it was made, fully ensured its cost.Thus ensures the stability of the Swedish financial system. But there were still desyatidalerovye coins (19.7 kg) who are transported on a sled. Smaller denomination coins hauled in backpack. True, the pay that kind of money was a bit uncomfortable, so in 1660 Sweden became the first country which issued paper money.

And here is our darlings, of wood:



At this point I decided to complete the inspection treasures of the museum, because the body is already sore refused to digest the information A lot of things I saw. For example, these mummies. A great reason to come back to the museum again. He is truly huge. As the Empire itself. Once ...

In the next part of the dusty museums go get some fresh air on the southern coast of Crimea island. Look at the English Channel, try to find a local SEAFOOD and prepare for a meeting with the Seven Sisters

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