British Museum презентация

This is one of the oldest and largest historical museums in the world frequented tourist object, which contains unique artifacts, artistic masterpieces from all over the world.

Sir Hans Sloane Robert Bruce Cotton Robert Harley
(1660-1753) (1571—1631) (1661-1724)
It was founded in 1753 with the permission of the British Parliament. The basis of the expositions of the Museum were private collections of three well-known society personalities, transferring their collection has just formed a state historical-archaeological Museum.

Artifacts Of Ancient Egypt
Rosetta stone

Artifacts Of Ancient Egypt
The Amarna tablets

Artifacts Of Ancient Egypt
Mummy of Cleopatra from Thebes

Greece and Rome
Terracotta sarcophagus of the Etruscan noblewoman Seianti Thanunia Tlesnasa

Greece and Rome
The sword of Tiberius

Ancient history and Europe
Cup of gold and Gold necklace from Sintra

Africa, America, Oceania
Aztec mosaic of turquoise and Bronze Benin

Asia
The statue of Amitabha Buddha and the statue of Tara

Coins and medals
The Department, which collected million the number of artifacts representing the history of production and use of coins in different periods of human life (from 7th century BC until today).

Engraving and drawings
The exposition of this Department contain about 50 thousand figures, more than 2 million prints and xylographic works of the works of famous European painters from Leonardo da Vinci to the modern avant-gardist.