Indulged in my first “walking tour” with 16 others from all over the world. Our guide was animated and informed. Neoclassical design, originally the collection from a physician of the royal family. A century later, it was open to the public. 3000 glass panel ceiling turn of the century, that connects the round reading room to the facade.

Our first room was devoted from cradle to grave, across the worlds culture, Day of the Dead etc.

The Easter Island stone figure is known as the stolen one from Easter island. Currently in negotiations between the Polynesian peoples and the Brits.

Originally a library, kind of like our Library of Congress, the books took over, cataloging fell apart and the government stepped in to move the volumes of books into the British museum.

The key to the Egyptian hieroglyphs. The most important find in history of the Rosetta Stone, from Egypt. Discovered in the river Nile, 1799, in Rosetta. 3 different types of Egyptian carvings including hieroglyphics, demophic and Ancient Greek. Meaningful because the pharaoh translated the hieroglyphics- which opened up the translation of hieroglyphics. 176 BC

Largest collection of Egyptian mummies outside of Egypt. Also, the largest, heaviest bust of King Ramesses, smiling to reflect a benevolent leader.