British Museum [antikvár]

WELCOME to the British Museum. It is, as you can see, an enormous place, and many people visiting it for the first time find it a little daunting. But though we can't make the Museum any smaller, we can make it easier to understand; and that is the real purpose of this guide. We know your time is limited, and we can't hope to show you everything; but if you can spare just half a day - a full morning or afternoon, say two and a half to three hours altogether - we can at least make sure that you see most of the real stars of the collection. We have divided these into two tours; the first, based on the ground floor, covers the Ancient World; the second explores somé of the upstairs galleries and looks at the development of the Western World. TOUR ONE THE ANCIENT WORLD page2 Egypt Assyria Greece Romé TOUR TWO THE WESTERN WORLD page 16 Prehistoric Europe The Celts Román Britain The Middle Ages Clocks and Watches The Waddesdon Bequest THE ORIENTÁL COLLECTIONS pages 30-31 MUSEUM INFORMATION 32 PLANS back cover Top left. Embossed bronzé shield from Moel Siabod, Gwynedd, c. 1100-900 ix. Centre. Wooden coffin-lid of Pasenhor. Egypt, 22nd Dynasty, c.850 BC. Below. Detail of an Assyrian relief from Nimrud, c.865 bc.