The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.
ROSETTA STONE
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).
ELGIN MARBLES
Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures. There are inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of buildings on the Acropolis of Athens.
THE MILDENHALL TREASURE
The Mildenhall Treasure is a major hoard of highly decorated Roman silver tableware of fourth-century date.
MUMMIES
One of the British Museum's treasured exhibits for over a hundred years.
Now we can explore the body within, and even see the face of this man from the distant past.
Now we can explore the body within, and even see the face of this man from the distant past.
