The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta stone. The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after it was taken from Egypt by forces of the British empire in 1801. The acquisition of the Rosetta Stone was tied up in the imperial battles between Britain and France.
Museums, big or small, can always count on two never-fail topics to bring in an audience: the first is dinosaurs (always a big hit with families) and the…
Museums, big or small, can always count on two never-fail topics to bring in an audience: the first is dinosaurs (always a big hit with families) and the…
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were able to get into such a well guarded tomb. i love that tutankhamun s death is a mystery. no one will really know how he died, and then maybe people in the future no one will really know how he died, land then maybe people in the future| might find out how he s died. someone who was king at quite a young age i mean, he was only eight so, i mean, it s quite a big responsibility. i know i m 11 and the only thing i m responsible of is being team captain. it s something which has happened and something which is exciting and which we want to discover more about. like tutankhamun s interlocking coffins, there are many layers to this story. howard carter s successors are still finding new pieces of the jigsaw, still solving the mysteries which remain hidden in the valley of the kings. well, obviously all of those