because of you, no one else could possibly have been as excited as i was to go to the british museum last week and see carved pits of stone and painted specks of pottery.
see exhibits a-h
a.
first thing you see when you walk through the door:
the rosetta stone.
these people don't waste time
b.
Assyrian winged lion/ bull
c.
ramsees II, no big
d.
the elgin (hard G please) marbles
funny story: Lord Elgin asked if he could take these statues from the pantheon in Greece way back when
the Ottoman turks said 'sure, whatever'
now they're in London
and now the Greeks want them back
poor Greeks
funny story: Lord Elgin asked if he could take these statues from the pantheon in Greece way back when
the Ottoman turks said 'sure, whatever'
now they're in London
and now the Greeks want them back
poor Greeks
e.
caryatid
f.
ajax and achilles playing a game on a vase
slightly reminiscent of Disney's hercules
g.
mosaic floor from a villa at hinton st. mary
h.
and my favorite
Easter Island head
the best.
there you have it Prof. S, because of your class i made a fool of myself all day at the museum running around and taking pictures of all these things we learned about.
i hope you're happy.
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