@the_london_spy: I offer guided tours of the British Museum, this is one of my greatest hits from 2024, I'm on holiday and so I am putting up some of my favourites, apologies if you've already seen this before. The Rosetta Stone is probably the most famous object in the entire collection of the British Museum. It led to the cracking almost 1800 years later of the lost language of ancient Egypt. Imagine a civilisation that you had no information about, and suddenly being able to read what they've written, this was an astonishing achievement. Although the man credited with the discovery was the Frenchman Champollion, he recognised that a British investigator had significantly contributed to this. I also love the fact that in the case next to it, is an ancient Egyptian shopping list. The British Museum is an amazing London attraction and is one of my favourite things to do in London. #da#davidharryh#thelondonspyo#rosettastonee#heiroglyphicsn#ancientegyptg#egypth#champollionr#britishmuseum

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Monday 30 December 2024 09:03:55 GMT