For my second class, Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, my lecture is from 10am to 1pm and my section is from 4pm to 5pm. Thus, I have a 3 hours long gap. What did I do today during that time? Visit the British Museum!! The museum had a whole lot of artifacts from Europe, Egypt, Asia, and other places from the world. And they all ended up in London...
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| Parts of an Egyption wall mural |
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| The Nereid Monument, a Lykian tomb found at Xanthos. |
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| Sculptures from the Parthenon |
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| Ancient Egyption burial |
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| Another burial. The sand preserved the body! |
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| Rosetta Stone. Trying to get a photo of this stone was very difficult...so many Asian tourists who are used to fighting their way in and not queuing in line (see my use of British vocab?! :] ) |
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| Model of an ancient chinese house |
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| Happy buddha |
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| I stumbled upon a Chinese tour guide and his group. Apparently, these two vases and the two tea cups (on the raised surface) below are the most valuable Chinese ceramics in the British Museum. |
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| Bought from an auction in Hong Kong for an enormous amount of money. |
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