London 25 July 2018

The British Museum

Much of the day was taken up at the British Museum.

It’s impossible to see the whole thing in one day, but I did see many interesting things.

China

There was a section about jade and jade artifacts:

India

Some of the carvings are amazingly intricate.

Egypt

The Rosetta Stone

Of course, I had to get a picture of it (the first is a closeup of the front), both front and back. Legend has it there was an inscription on the back: “Eat at Joe’s Diner,” but there has been no scholarly work in that area.

Other Things

In no particular order, including a section about timepieces.

Who knew that the Three Stooges (or maybe the Pep Boys) were foreshadowed in ancient times?

University College of London Area

I never would have gotten the following set of pictures if I hadn’t seen someone across the street from me raise his camera and point it towards the upper floors of this building.

Finally, this set of mosaics near St Pancras/King’s Cross Station. Some of the tiles are mirrors.

Signage and Stickers

And these two, the first of which is next to unreadable, and the second of which just looks unfortunate: