London – Camden – British Museum (Rosetta Stone)
This was from my visit to the British Museum a few weeks ago, the most viewed object in the collections
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London – Camden – British Museum (Misaligned Healed Fracture)
This doesn’t look quite as painful as the damaged spine, but this badly reset right femur must have been awkward
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London – Camden – British Museum (Roman or Brazilian?)
I like random exhibits like this, which is on the theme of mistaken identity at the British Museum. These pots
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London – Camden – British Museum (Early Prosthetic Toe)
This is thought to be one of the earliest prosthetics used in the world, dating to around 1070BC to 664BC
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London – Camden – British Museum (Mummy of a Young Bull)
I’m not sure quite what this young bull would have thought of spending his life in eternity like this, but
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London – Camden – British Museum (Tuberculosis in the Spine)
I’m not a medical expert, but I can write with some confidence that this isn’t ideal. It’s the spine of
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London – Camden – British Museum (Nubian Book Page)
I like a nice book, although this isn’t exactly a big chunk of documentation. It’s a parchment dating to around
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London – Camden – British Museum (Beer for the Workers)
This is rather sweet and is one of the oldest examples of writing to have been found. It dates from
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London – Camden – British Museum (King’s Library)
I didn’t get to see this room last time I was in the British Museum, which was just after it
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London – Camden – British Museum (South Metopes)
I have no in-depth knowledge of these, but there’s plenty of information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metopes_of_the_Parthenon about these metopes. They were carved
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