In a few weeks some of us will travel to London and will visit the British Museum. This museum is huge, so it is a good idea that you choose which rooms are the most interesting for you and get ready your own itinerary . Click here to explore the Museum. but we have already an itinerary for you (2/3 hours) and here it is: We start at Montague Place entrance: North stairs up to room 24 Room 24: Easter island moai statue:
I’m a moai, I used to be painted red and white and I weighed about 4 tons (that’s a lot!) and I am more than 2 meters high . My name is Hoa Hakananai’a and that means “hidden friend”. I have a bird carved in the back of my head and I used to be near the beach to protect human beings.
and go on straight on to the Great Court where the shops and coffee place are. The rooms we want to visit are at our right.
Room 4 : Egyptian sculpture:Rosetta Stone, bust of Ramesses the great.
Can you explain why is the Rosetta Stone so important?
In which languages is the inscription in this stone written?
Room 10/10A (down) : Assyrian lion hunters reliefs: A comic stripe of the old ages Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian King who lived in a great palace in Niniveh and In which modern country is Niniveh? enjoyed hunting lions, which was considered a sport of kings. It seems that Assyrians also captured lions alive and reared them in captivity.
Room 18/18 A/18B : Parthenon sculptures.
I‘m Selene’s horse, I look tired, and that’s because I have drawn Selene’s chariot for the whole night. At down I’ll go to bed, as Helios gets up and start work.
Selene is the Moon goddess. Can you see any Greek god or goddess statue in this room?
Room 21 : Mausoleum of Halikarnassos: One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
This is a (huge) fragment of the four-horse chariot that crowned the pyramid tomb of King Maussollos of Halikarnassos. This tomb was 40 metres high and was decorated with different statues. This king’s tomb became so famous that gave his name to all monumental tombs.
Room 4 : west stairs to upper floor
UPPER FLOOR
Through the room 59 to old Egypt in Rooms 61-66: Egypt Room 63: Mummy of Katebet. Cats were associated with which Egyptian goddess?
Egyptians were really worried by death and afterlife and they tried to take as many things with them as they could to make that trip nice and fun. What do you like best in these rooms?
Room 65 : Sphinx of Taharqo
There are many sphinx in this Museum, what is special with this one? Taharqo is the king represented here. He was an African king of Egypt, he came from Nubia (Upper Sudan).
Room 56 :The Royal Game of Ur
A table game with a dice for two players, each one starting on one end of the board. It comes from Ur (Mesopotamia, where the Bible located the Garden of Eden).
If your computer has shockwave you can play following this link.
Room 41 : The Lewis Chessmen /The Sutton Hoo ship burial.
Do you play chess? Here you have a chess set made of walrus ivory in medieval Britain. It was found in Lewis island (Scotland) in a nearly perfect state.
Can you compare both games? Which one is older? Which one was played all along Europe? Which one do you like best?