If you love history and archaeology, the British Museum is the right place to experience and improve your historical knowledge. A tour in the the British Museum represents a journey back in time, through centuries of history. Walk among the fragments of ancient Greece, ancient Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi is absolutely fascinating experience. This tour offers a broad overview of the history of art. Inside are kept some of most famous artworks of antiquity, including the marble fragments from the Parthenon.The British museum is one of the largest and most important museums in the world, so you will see how it is rich in collections from all over the world. One day is not enough to see everything, but you won’t certainly miss the best such as the Egyptian section in which are kept sarcophagi, mummies, a singular illustrated book of the dead and objects of daily life chronologically organized; documents and objects from the distant Mesopotamia; statues, bas-reliefs and architectural elements from Athens; the Crystal Skull; the sarcophagus of Thanunia Seianti from Chiusi, Italy, etruscan sarcophagus of a rich and powerful matron, a great masterpiece that shows the artistic skills of the Etruscans. At the end of the tour don’t forget the Great Court, a modern structure inaugurated in 2000 and designed by the famous Sir Norman Foster. Today this space is the largest covered square ever built in Europe. Its amazing dome of glass and steel enclosing the courtyard of the museum.
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