Today I fulfilled another dream. I went to the British Museum and perused three things on my museum to-see list: the Parthenon’s Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and the Egyptian Gallery.
Oh! Dear Gussy! I wandered for over 4 hours in awe at the ancient monuments and statues. Ropes that were over four thousand years old, which were used to lower the Pharaoh’s sarcophagus into his tomb, looked like they had just been purchased at Wal-Mart.😂
The Elgin Marbles were up a flight of marble steps in a room with a towering ceiling, both of which added to the majesty of the marbles. And then there was the Rosetta Stone, with its “magical” ability to decipher the mysteries of ancient Egypt.
There was another display of amazing clocks, some over 300 years old. Their gentle ticking reminded me that life’s like a clock. We don’t know how long the gentle ticking of our hearts will continue.
Regardless if you are young or old, one day the timepiece of your life will stop ticking. Therefore, don’t squander time. Don’t wait for tomorrow. Got something to do, to say, to complete? Do it. Time’s a wasting.
It’s pouring rain, here in old London town; a cold, damp rain that is dripping off the towering window beside my bed. I’ll drift off to the land of nod, warm under my blanket, and think of the wonderful sights I saw today. And I’ll think of my dear friends across the pond too.
Big hug to all! 🥰
(Originally published September 7, 2022)
The Babylon Lion.A bog mummy, thousands of years old, still with hair. Sorta creepy. LOL! An Egyptian statue that I’ve seen many times in British movies. What have those cold stone eyes seen? Another massive Egyptian statue. An Egyptian stone casket. Egyptian carved statue. Interesting that his eyes don’t match. Perhaps they didn’t in real life. The famous Portland Vase of Roman antiquity is over two thousand years old. Egyptian mummy wrapped in an amazing display of the embalmer’s handiwork. Massive, two-story-tall Buddha in the museum’s north entrance stairs. A collection of Greek Vases looking almost brand new. Amazing! The larger-than-life bronze bust of Augustus with his eyes inlaid with glass pupils. As a child, first seeing a picture of this in a book, those eyes have haunted me since those days Now, getting to see them in real life, they will for the rest of my life. Truly an evocative work of art! A painting of a Roman man thousands of years old. I had to chuckle when I saw it. From his expression, captured from all time, he didn’t look too happy. Having a bad day, was he? LOL. Bust of Edward VII for whom the Edwardian Era was named. Another wrapped mummy. The intricacy of the wrappings was truly amazing!! A bust of Alexander the Great’s young lover. Ah! Those Greeks…gotta watch ’em. LOL. Exquisite Greek statue. The famed Rosetta Stone led the way in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. Thank you, Napoleon! The famous Elgin Marbles! The room was packed with people. After many tries of snapping the marbles without any people cluttering up the picture, I gave up. LOL. The marbles on the lift side up close. The marbles on the right side. Another close-up of the marbles. The carvings were something to see, that’s for sure. A Greek Statue. Bless his heart, he’s lost his nose and his…well…you can see. LOL. I was walking along, looking this way and that, then, at the end of a dimly lit alcove this elegant Greek temple whispered my name. And I enjoyed it for a long time. Wow! Who knew that our dear Dolly had Greo-Roman ancestors. LOL.
