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The British Museum's grand neoclassical facade in London, featuring tall columns, a sculpted pediment, and visitors gathered on the steps. British Museum: Reading Room
Explore Bloomsbury's British Museum, home to the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone, in London
Norman Foster: Great Court King's Library detail of a the Parthenon frieze with the Panathenaic procession The Rosetta Stone on display, showing three distinct bands of script: Egyptian hieroglyphics at the top, demotic script in the middle, and ancient Greek at the bottom. Visitors walk in front of the British Museum's grand neoclassical facade in London, featuring tall columns and a triangular pediment. The British Museum, London, a Greek Revival building designed by Sir Robert Smirke, 1823–47. Carved stone panels from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at what is now Nimrūd, Iraq; in the British Museum, London.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom. Apr 25, 2024
Added a statement about the controversy surrounding the Elgin Marbles. Mar 16, 2022
Add new Web site: History Today - The British Museum Opened. Nov 01, 2019
Media added. Dec 01, 2017
Add new Web site: A View on Cities - British Museum. Jan 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of The British Museum, London, United Kingdom. Jan 04, 2013
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom. Jan 04, 2013
Added photograph. Dec 21, 2011
Media added. Aug 27, 2010
Article revised and updated. Nov 17, 2008
Updated information on the British Museum's Reading Room. Jul 16, 2007
Article revised and updated. Jul 16, 2007
Added new Web site: The Official Site of the British Museum. Nov 28, 2006
Article revised. Dec 03, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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