On Monday, February 5th, Aditi had classes for most of the day, so we had a late breakfast and then I went to meet Ayushi at the British Museum after her class was done. I had downloaded an audio tour from Rick Steves’ app for the museum, so Ayushi and I walked around and listened to that to give us more context as to what we were seeing. Again, the building of the museum was beautiful, but in a very different style than that of the Natural History Museum.
One of the most famous things we saw at the museum was, of course, the Rosetta Stone. It was really cool to see something you hear about so often in real life. There was even a replica that we were able to touch. We also saw many artifacts and artwork from the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks, including many things I have studied in art history. A lot of what we looked at in my Ancient Cities and Sanctuaries class is now in the British Museum, so it was really cool to be able to recognize certain artifacts. We also got to see the Elgin Marbles, which were once decorations along the frieze and pediment of the Pantheon. It was interesting to see what was once on such an old, famous building up close.
After spending a good amount of time in the museum, we had dinner at a nearby pizza shop and went back to Ayushi’s room, which was pretty close. After getting a tour of her place, I took the Tube back to Southwark, where Aditi met me to walk back to her building.
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