The Top Ten Treasures in the British Museum - An In-Depth Museum Tour
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Enjoyed this video? Watch my video about the British Museum's most controversial items next.
• The Most Controversial...
Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe - leave a comment and tell me your favourite object in the British Museum, or let me know what I missed!
This video is perfect for touring the museum from the comfort of your own home, or for planning your own visit to the British Museum.
As always, thanks for watching. Be sure to leave your comments and questions below. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaG...
Museum Tour Overview
In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a detailed guided tour of the top ten treasures in the British Museum. I introduce these iconic items, explain why they're so important, and give you fascinating facts and history.
Of course, some are controversial - rightfully so, as they were stolen - and I have a new video coming out soon about the Most Controversial Objects in the British Museum. Let me know if you’re interested in that topic!
0:00 - Introduction to the British Museum Top Ten List
1:21 - The Sutton Hoo Helmet
3:31 - Tara Statue
5:44 - Ife Head
7:17 - Lewis Chessmen
8:45 - Vindolanda Tablets
10:09 - Aztec Double-Headed Serpent
12:15 - Parthenon Sculptures
14:09 - Hoa Hakananai’a
17:02 - Egyptian Mummies
19:53 - Rosetta Stone
Yemi has a good video about the Benin Bronzes and Ife Head from a Nigerian point of view. • Uncovering The Secrets...
Book your own private tour of the British Museum with Jessica the Museum Guide
themuseumguide.com/
Make sure you subscribe to my channel and click the bell 🔔 notification so you always find out about new videos right away!
Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! / themuseumguide
Want more information about visiting Museums around the world? Join our Museum Tips Facebook page for lots of great information and tips. / 762985481524581
Read the accompanying blog:
Music: Cousin Ben by Savfk | / savfkmusic
Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com
See individual photo frames for attribution. Any photo with no text is the creator’s own or in the public domain.
Thumbnail photo of Tara: British_Museum_Asia_45.jpg: Gryffindorderivative work: Jbarta, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Thumbnail photo of Hoa Hakananai’a: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Illustration of the Sutton Hoo
English Wikipedia user User:Eebahgum/Identity, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons
Enjoyed this video? Tour the British Museum's Strangest Objects next: ua-cam.com/video/Ka17aNKyr9c/v-deo.html
If you enjoyed this virtual tour, please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.com/paypalme/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide - Thank you!
Britain return T he two headed serpent to Mexico because it was stolen by the British and all the GOLD the British pirates stole from Mexico 😜
It was the Spanish who stole these things (or were given them as gifts, under false pretences). In a rare instance, this is a case where the British did right by an item by saving it from being melted down!
Great work! Well done! 👍
Reside in UK ?????
@@jacquipiro191 yes, I’m Canadian and British, and I live in the UK.
You must be aware that your enthusiasm is contagious. Passion is a gift. Thank you
Thank you for watching! I genuinely love museums. :)
We visited 4yrs ago and I was so focused on the Parthenon and the Rosetta Stone that I missed some of these other items. Having a cranky pre-teen didn’t help either 😂 Thank you for covering these!
You’re welcome! You’ll just have to come back.
@Janitor Queen It is in the British Museum. :)
The Louvre's curator was the one who translated it, though!
@Janitor Queen Jean Francois Champollion ultimately deciphered it, while he was the curator of the Louvre’s Egyptian collection. However, Thomas Young, a British scholar, did a lot of initial work.
@@jessicaoneill1981 Thomas Young did very little deciphering. I think he only discovered the gender ending of some words. The same applies to Arab scholars and many others that are falsely credited with making big progress in the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Many of these scholars, including Europeans, were completely wrong about most of their proposed readings. The truth is that Champollion made all the real breakthroughs that allowed the complete decipherment.
I really hope that this channel grows. I love Jessica's personality.
Thank you so much, Wave Rider! It's growing day by day - but I know it's a long-haul.
Thanks to museums around the world and in particular the British Museum, these artefacts have been saved from destruction by weathering, pollution, tourists and fundamentalists (reference the Babylonian lamassu). They’ve been repaired, restored, studied, copied and made available to the public via the museums, books and videos such as this. The expansion of knowledge is always worthwhile.
They’ve also been damaged and stolen at the BM…
The significance of the Rosetta Stone was that for the first time the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs could be very easily and accurately deciphered and encoded linguistically by using the ancient Greek text below as a cross reference guide.
Thanks for adding this! :) I thought I made that clear, but this is helpful.
@Janitor Queen Absolutely! It was the Demotic, which is an ancient semitic language related to Coptic. :)
Thank you very much for these reports from the V and A And the British Museum . I’ve been many times but have not seen these items. A special report about the tea ? Room with all the tile and Artwork would be great ! I wish you millions of hits for your efforts Ken
Thank you so much Ken!
I am interested in all of the subjects you mentioned and more. I love history, but being able to see the objects is a much better experience.
Thanks so much, Dani.
How about telling us the real history of the items in this vault of stolen loot and how it was really taken, and how many people died in the thefts?@@TheMuseumGuide
Thanks for sharing!!
You’re very welcome!
I would love to see a complete episode on the Sutton Hoo ship burial and context. It was fascinating hearing about the helmet and that it was designed to resemble one-eyed Odin, and also the dragon shape!
I’m planning a trip to Sutton Hoo in January! I’m going to do a video that includes the site in Suffolk and the British museum. :)
That was an interesting point, since I recently saw a video which explained how little we know about Anglo-Saxon religion, and emphasised that we should not assume that their gods such as Woden were exactly the same as their Norse "equivalents" such as the one-eyed Odin. King Raedwald was one of the dynasty of Wuffingas, who claimed descent from Woden. So Woden was probably one-eyed too!
An honest question- the British Museum gets a lot of criticism for the items that were 'acquired' back in the day from all around the world. I am by no means defending it, but surely most if not ALL museums have done the same (although possibly on a much smaller scale)?
all museums in West! Do you find any museums in India, China, Japan , South East Asia displaying anything which is not theirs ?
Thanks to your video, I was able to find great things to see and the best view of the courtyard! Thank you.
I’m so glad to hear this! Thank you for watching.
Magnificent
Looking forward for more
A new video next week. :) Thank you for watching!
I spent a whole day in that Museum. I left wishing I could stay in that museum for a whole month! What a fabulous building
It’s stunning!
Also Nazis tried to steal relics in order to make a similar great museum. Maybe GB should steal new items to make it even better
Its disgusting, how can you be proud of showing this countries history of colonial crimes and stolen artefact's? @@TheMuseumGuide
Thanks for another informative tour through objects Jessica! I love your style! You could easily talk about each of these objects in length.
You are so welcome! I could do a 2 hour video on each - it's so hard to edit it down!
@@TheMuseumGuide perhaps further down the track you might try a sequence of in-depth films on single objects. Especially once you’ve built an audience. I think you are getting better and better and people are always fascinated by historical oddities and peculiarities. Well done you!
Visiting this place is on my bucket list
It’s worth a visit!
Really enjoyed your video - makes me want to go back for another visit.
Thank you! I’ll be posting the V&A very soon
When I was in London I was just too busy to visit the museum and man, am I sorry. Thanks for the tour...
Next time!
Hi this is marvelous Jessica, your explanation of these controversial issues is superb. Needless to say there are many more items that have been looted from around the world. I am currently revising my History of Architecture and would love to know more about the Elgin Marbles. Once again thanks for putting out this information 👏
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching.
The Elgin Marbles weren't looted! Lord Elgin BOUGHT them from the Greeks, who were in control of Greece at the time!
@@rachelhenderson2688 I think you mean the Turks, who controlled Greece at the time. Unfortunately, no records have been found of the purchase.
“The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba” is my favorite painting at the BM. Great video!
This is fascinating! I would love to see more!
I’m filming part 2 soon!
I absolutely love doing a bible tour round the Museum! So exciting to see so many artefacts from my favourite history book 🙌🏻
Thx. 1. Please turn it into a series to Top 10. Love to learn through your expertise 2. Can u cover other museum e.g Louvre
Thank you! Have a look here - I did a Top Ten Tour of the Louvre last month. :)
ua-cam.com/video/VdLNvCl3XAs/v-deo.html
Thank you~ just wonderful to watch💖
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm so pleased you included the replica of the Rosetta Stone - usually it's so difficult to get close to the "real" Rosetta Stone you have difficulty seeing it
Absolutely my pleasure. Thank you for watching!
Please do a video of each room of the British museum like we were really there. Other museums in London and GB would be very welcome. Thank you.
Great idea! That will be a LOOOONNGGG video. I will do it in the New Year!
Yes I want to see a video on the controversies of the British museum! Bonus points if you can match the heads from the sculptures they were taken from, and still remain today!
I am working on it now. :)
I’m so impressed by your work. Thank you.
So nice of you! Thank you.
……that beautiful hand-crafted mask fro the Sutton Hoo hoard is breathtaking………
It’s one of my favourite objects.
I'd like to see an in depth video on the Sutton Hoo helmet.
I’m leaning towards doing this one very soon! I actually covered it for Japanese television- if you can find it online, you’re in for a treat. ;)
Please do a video on the controversies of the British Museum and the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial. That would be absolutely fascinating and is something I have loved since I was a child. Sounds like you felt and feel the same way about it! You are so well versed, erudite and well spoken Jessica. It makes it so easy to love this channel and I know you will keep getting many new subscribers in the near future. Thank you for sharing with us all. Perhaps someday, we can play a game of Nefertuffel (sp?) together. I am sure you know what I am referring to. I am just being silly, of course, per usual.
Here is it! ua-cam.com/video/M_8HXihcmUk/v-deo.html
Thank you VERY much for this video!
You’re very welcome! I hope you had a great visit.
Thank you . A well constructed and enlightening tour.
Thanks for watching!
The Parthenon sculptures would have been damaged by acid rain if they hadn’t been removed.
Speaking of acid, they’ve been badly damaged whilst IN the British Museum. Look up the Cleaning Scandal of 1938/39
Well done, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for such a well researched video. We will be visiting the Museum next month and needed a brief primer as to the most important must-see pieces. I am sure the Museum is overwhelming (in size and scope) and this really helps to put it into a workable form. You also have a very nice personality and narrative voice.
Thank you so much for watching!
I would love to know the controversies of the British Museum. This week it was all over the news that museums had to return some antiquities to Italy and Egypt. I wonder what else? love your videos keep up the good work!!
I’ll be releasing this video in a month or so! Stay tuned.
The Victorians ate mummies. Rather gross.
ITALY??? Aw hell no don’t those mfs have enough?? Ain’t no way Rome gets to reclaim its own colonization smh
There are clearly cases where things should not have been taken and should be returned. So this comment isn't written in support of the theft of antiquities from other nations.
However, I do believe that humanities treasures should be spread across the great museums of the world for two major reasons.
1. So they are protected from destruction. ISIS could have destroyed every treasure of ancient Persia had they all been in their original locations. We cannot allow a war to lead to the total destruction of one museum housing all the greatest treaures of an ancient culture.
2. So humanity's greatest treasures can be seen by as many people globally as possible.
At least The British Museum is free and the hundreds of millions of people that pass through London from around the world can see these treasures at no cost. I've visited countries as a budget traveller where I could not afford to visit all the museums and galleries in their capitols as they were so expensive.
Again, I'm not justifying keeping anything that was stolen but I think the world should have a more holistic approach to human history and art.
I'd never expect all of Piccaso's paintings to be in Spain or every Monet to be in France, any more than I think every Greek sculpture should reside in Greece.
There are people that seem to think The British Museum should only have things from Britain yet this is contrary to the practice of every national museum on earth.
No doubt someone will respond to this comment as if I defended taking things by force or looting treasure during colonialism even though I've now stated three times I am NOT defending that.
I am stating major national museums should, and usually do, give people a glimpse of all the great achievements of humanity regardless of where they reside. They are not nationalist institutes they are for all humanity.
I don’t think having things from other countries is the problem.
It’s the way they were acquired.
I just stumbled across your videos… thank you for your craft. great videos
Thanks for watching!
On a huge huge binge of your videos cause I LOVE museums.
You would love a little museum in Wingham NSW Australia. It had a special toy exhibition and also has whole railway cars and carriages.
There are so many things there.
You would happily spend a whole day there. There have such a varied and interesting collection.
They also have a scavenger hunt activity for children which really gets them engaged.
I will never ever get bored at a museum or art gallery.
I saw a gorgeous temporary instalment of some of Picasso’s works in Sydney when they came on loan and it was just so intense. Absolutely amazing.
In Greece the Parthenon Sculptures are a sore subject. Needless to say the Greeks want them back! The British Museum has kept the items looted or purchased from many cultures and nations but don’t think these priceless artifacts will find their way back to countries of origin anytime soon.
I would love to see the Parthenon Sculptures back in Greece. The Acropolis Museum is an amazing institution.
Frank, yes the Greeks want them back! Greeks feel lucky that they were exhibited and not in storage so they can be sold on E-Bay!
3:32 if you see any women statues of the same period from South East subcontinent, you can see they did not cover their breasts. Thats because breasts weren't sexualized until recent times.
Very true! Same as the Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
I thought men always liked breasts. Maybe not pornographic, but certainly sexual.
You did a great job!
Thank you very much!
Your video reminded me of when I lived in Paris. The museums were free one day a month (if I'm correct), and that day was, for me, Museum Day!
Yes, I love museum day!
The ancient civilizations did not want them - be glad they are now kept safe in museums for all to see
Which ancient civilisations?
@@TheMuseumGuide Irak - Greek - Egypt and Turkey - they were glad when archeologists came and unearthed things and thereby employed their people
@@traveler5073 where are you getting this info?
@@TheMuseumGuide we were told in the German Highschool called Gymnasium. No one even believed there was a real Troy except Schliemann - but I just read his story again = we are - as with a lot of things - in an age of revisionism. Only putting him in a bad light -- He wanted also Romans excavate Knossos, but Evans got to do it - read the story how he bought
The land. -- you were talking about the Rosetta Stone = good grief it was buried - no one wanted it
there are no controversies. The stuff is ours. if you dont like it, jog on lol
I personally don’t find it controversial, as I believe in repatriation. However, it’s certainly controversial in the British media and general public.
It's not yours lol, it was all taken by force or unfair means. The artefacts rightfully belong to the places they were made in. They are important pieces of entire countries, that your country destroyed and is still profiting off of it till this day. Colonialism may have gone but the sense of entitlement still remains I see...
Binge watching your fine site!!!
That's great
Thank you
You’re very welcome!
I love how they literally steal things and say we discovered it so it's ours😃
It’s crazy, isn’t it! 🤦🏻♀️ My next British Museum video will be about this topic.
At the time of discovery, the inhabitants had no interest in the artifacts. They were happily sold to western museums too. Its not all theft.
@@Paul-hl8yg iam talking from an Indian perspective and yes some of them were bought but most of them were stolen and from Indian side like 90℅ of the artifacts are stolen and illegally kept
You’re mistaken, my friend. The objects we refer to as “stolen” were not sold. I encourage you to look at the tragic instance of Hoa Hakanana’i being dragged down the beach as locals cried and pleaded. Or the sacking of the Benin Bronzes. Or the pillaging of Tara.
@@TheMuseumGuide Some items were stolen & i agree should be returned. But not all artifacts were, many were purchased.
It's awesome how we nicked it all then really took the piss and opened a museum to show it all off. That's when Britain 🇬🇧 was great.
😂😂😂you proud of stealing???
@@Planck944 wasn't me.i wasn't even there.?.
@@rjglennon2219 😂no shit sherlock
@@rjglennon2219 😂no shit sherlock
@@rjglennon2219 obviously. What I meant was there’s better things to be proud of Britain for doing than plundering other countries. But hey. It’s your opinion
Love this channel
Thank you!
First of all, The British Museum is such a beautiful structure. I visited in around March 2002. I was intent on seeing the Elgin Marbles, so that is the wing I took to. If I had more time, I would have explored more of the museum. Perhaps another visit is needed. Thank you for this broad view of your favorite pieces.
Such a gorgeous space!
Let me point out that the Benin Bronzes were discovered BURIED in the earth and that fact demonstrates that they were NOT stolen. The man who DUG them up. None of the locals KNEW about them. Or CARED about them, otherwise they would have DUG them up themselves. It is funny to me that it was White men who saw the value of cast off items like these, and it was their regard for them that gave them VALUE. Now that the value has been pointed out to the others from around the world, suddenly they feel ROBBED. I say, ALL of these things belong to the British.
You are conflating two different things.
The heads had been buried for unknown reasons, but it is thought this could have been ceremonial.
However, the brass plaques, which are at the heart of the contestation, were decorating the palace at Benin.
Even the Wikipedia article can help you with this, but I can suggest some more in-depth sources. This is also available directly from the British Museum.
None of this is up for debate- these are the facts of what happened.
I also wonder if you think it is ok for another country to take buried Roman archaeology from Britain because we “don’t know it’s there?”
@@TheMuseumGuide I am going to address both of your rebuttals here. First, the one regarding the 'Romans'. This is not a question of 'knowing they are there' so much as it is, VALUING what is there. In the society that the British archaeologist found when he was doing his dig was primitive and only rudimentary. We know this, not because of a wiki article (biased) but because the journals left behind not just by the archaeologists themselves (although they had no motivation to misrepresent) but because of the diaries of others who were there. So, the people involved at the time did not VALUE what was being found and removed. That re-evaluation would only come after decades, when the more recent inhabitants had been EDUCATED by the Western world so that they too could then see the value of history. So, you see, no matter how you slice it, the VALUE to these pieces came from White Europeans WANTING them. Your next claim, that these busts 'MIGHT' have been intentionally buried for 'unknown' reasons, is not persuasive since we know that the Egyptians did the same--but for what we later discovered were ACTUAL (if stupid) reasons--yet, there is no controversy over the mummies and other artifacts on display around the world. No, this is a racist campaign intended to rob the people who actually PLACED a monetary value on the junk they found, and 'GIVE' it to those who only now see that value, but do not see the inherent value as pieces of history.
I am extremely busy, and I don’t have time to rebut your points one by one, especially when I have already done so. And, the literature supports my stance. I will tell you that I am planning on releasing a video on the controversies of the BM, and it’s extremely helpful to understand the old colonial mindset that got us into this mess in the first place.
Your comment and viewpoint are deeply, unabashedly racist. I often surround myself in a bubble of like-minded people, and so it is easy for me to forget that people still hold these problematic and antiquated views.
I genuinely hope that you can shed your harmful beliefs, but I know my UA-cam comments aren’t going to undo the hateful rhetoric and indoctrination you’ve been seeped in.
If you have the means, an archaeology class at your local university would be an excellent investment.
@@TheMuseumGuide Always the racist card being bandied about. I’m tired of hearing it so many times, it’s become a throwaway word, like love. Disappointed you used racist in your reply when it was not.
Britain needs to give Greece and India back our statues and artifacts
I agree with you. I think repatriation of certain items is long overdue.
It will make The British Museum an empty haunted house If they repatriate all the robbed and stolen artifacts! I have a suggestion - keep the replicas, return the originals.
Amazing presentation by the way.
Replicas work well for the V&A!
@@Hawks-Oasis exactly
@@Deepak_Dhakad Inshallah. I agree.
Thank you so much..
You’re very welcome!
I just found you. I went to that museum 25 years ago from California. I loved your video.
Thank you!
hundreds of thousands of British soldiers deaths would be in vain if we gave it all back.
I suggest if they want them back, they fight for them
That’s an utterly wild take. I just admit I’ve never heard that before, and being in the museums biz, I thought I’d heard everything. 🤣
@@TheMuseumGuide well, it's just stupid 'giving stuff back' through some sense it'll make the world a better place, where will it stop, houses, personal wealth, entire countries.
Every single country on this planet has a history of gaining stuff from other countries, and regardless of whether it was perceived as theft, if you take another country by force, their stuff now belongs to you, just ask every empire that ever was, all that Welsh gold went to Rome, all the Cornish tin was 'stolen' can't get that back now can we? why are trinkets in a museum any different?
A great video. Your site is the only one I have ever subscribed to.
Wow, thanks! Welcome aboard. :)
Brand new sub.. Great work. Thank you!
Thank you!
I love your tattoos! Great work too, thank you.
Thank you!
Very informative and entertaining
Thank you!!
Been binging on your videos this evening and noticed you ask the same redundant question every time 'would you like to see a video of...
' - Duh yeaaah! all your suggestions sound great!! Keep 'em coming
The Holy Thorn Reliquary is a must see and unmissable.
It’s a definite contender for a part 2.
I am going to pick a favourite, it's Jessica the tour guide My lord your a beautiful Lass , now back to the program already in progress
Thank you!
Thank You
You’re very welcome.
Thanks!
You’re very welcome!
@@TheMuseumGuide UA-cam put that "Thanks!" there when it auto-posted. I was buying you a coffee. But yes, you did teach me things I didn't know. So Thank you! LOL
And thank you!
More please!
On it!
wonderful presentation. It would be interesting to learn about controversial holdngs
Thank you! I did make the Controversies video:
ua-cam.com/video/M_8HXihcmUk/v-deo.html
Number one is all the Egyptian art and statues in room one, go and see before Cairo museum takes them back!!
None of these objects are contested by Cairo, other than the Rosetta Stone!
Thanks Jessica - very interesting. Noting your 'transatlantic' accent, a few differences from UK but well done!
Thank you! 😃
THESE TOURS ARE SO INTERESTING, A REVELATION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE FROM DAY ONE ALMOST. It is a pity they are not filmed exclusively, with more detailed closeups, if possible, that on site visitors have access to. The visitors distract the the aura, and intrigue of these AMAZING pieces we blatantly call ancient. More please. Thank you.
Thank you! Filming is not my expertise, but I am trying. :)
I was there in 2007 and was enchanted by the Elgin Marbles.
They're truly wonderful. I hope to see them back in Athens one day!
@@TheMuseumGuide
So why are you a museum guide at the British Museum?
Seems a bit disloyal, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Fact is having all these wonderful objects collected and cared for in one place, and in a place that is civilised enough to be visited by millions, means they are far more shared with everybody.
The best technology is used to preserve them and, as with the 3D modeling, money is spent to make them as accessible as possible.
@@excession3076 I personally don't have any conflict about "loyalty" whatsoever - the British Museum as an institution doesn't need loyalty. It needs critique and academic investigation. Turning a blind eye to its problematic past and present benefits no one. I know many British Museum curators and employees who are just as vocal about their critiques.
Also, it is a public institution, and does not 'feed me.' In fact, as a taxpayer, I feed it!
Remember that it's possible to love something but also want it to do better.
It's funny - your two main points about a "civilised" museum (the Elgin Marbles have been badly damaged a number of times while in the BM's care) and "more people can visit it here" are the most common talking points, and actually very easy to argue against. For that, you'll just have to watch my upcoming video about the museum's controversies.
Good video and you clearly are very knowledgeable. Surely, though one has to find room for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus? One of only two of the seven wonders of the ancient world which survives. Personally, I also love the Assyrian frieze which has the best depiction of horses I have ever seen and some of the earliest spin - doctoring.( The King hanging out of the back of a chariot and spearing a lion).
I'll just have to do a second video. ;) Thanks for watching!
Of course, since the acquisition of this particular Rosetta stone many other copies have been found throughout Egypt, all written on stone which is part of the decree and originally placed in both major and minor temples across the country. The Rosetta stone is simply the first such stone which was found. …possibly the origin of the term, hard copy.
Yes! So interesting. This one is just the first to be discovered and deciphered.
"The Warren Cup" should Definitely have been on this list , tbh it even made ME Blush a bit when I slowly walked around it to take in every last decadent detail. ;-)
I need to make a video just on the Secretum. ;)
The Pipemaker Pipes from Mound Cemetery, Chillicothe, OH.
That sounds really fascinating!
15:21 The Moai could also have been moved with a few ropes. There is an experiment on youtube of people moving a Moai replica by waddling it with ropes and teams of people.
Yes, I’ve since learned this and updated my tour narrative! Thank you. ❤️
The Ibe bronze head is comparable to the bust of Nefertiti. Absolutely stunning!
💯
I would very much like to see and know more about the Sutton Hoo find. I’ve seen the movie with Ralph Fines and I’d love to know more. Thanks
It's such a wonderful collection of objects - my personal favourite. I think I will actually go to Sutton Hoo for a weekend and film both there and at the BM!
Tomb raiders springs to mind
You’re not wrong!
I`ve been there a few times, but for crying out loud; Caryatid - get the sister back home to Athens ❤
I agree! She looks so lonely in that staircase. 😭
@@TheMuseumGuide Opa!
Regarding the Aztec pieces is it likely the turquoise covering would have preserved the wooden armature / core underneath from perishing over time?
I think you're on to something, David. Lots of wood does survive from this time period, but the covering probably added extra protection.
My favourites are, the Sutton Hoo Helmet and the Lewis Chess Pieces. “They belong in a (British) museum!”😆
Thankfully we have one of those! ;)
@@TheMuseumGuide
“And I’m sure everything you do for the museum conforms to the International Treaty for the Protection of Antiquities.”
@@TheMuseumGuide
“And I’m sure everything you do for the museum conforms to the International Treaty for the Protection of Antiquities.”
😉
@@TheMuseumGuide
And what a wonderful museum you have.🙂
@@Jones607 I would never dream of violating the imagination of George Lucas. ;)
The tour guide is absolutely lovely, and what gorgeous eyes 👀!!
I just subbed, I'm thoroughly enjoying watching these museum tours, they're some of the best of seen yet, here on YT!
I can't get out much, due to me not being able to walk far or for long (even though I'm still young), i have sever back issues, and am always needing surgerys. I am awaiting one now ☹... Plus, I live in the middle of nowhere, and the closest museum is 4 hours away, and one of my personal favorites that I've visited 2x, and hope to go to again.. The Smithsonian!
This channel is my dream come true! Thank you for doing this for us people that can't get out! 😊💜
Thank you kindly! I can't wait to tour the Smithsonian for this channel. I'm happy to help you experience museums from your own home!
Cartouche is not really the French for bullet, but rather "cartridge" as in: a paper cartridge that contained a lead ball and gunpowder for quick reloading of muzzle-loading muskets. You can kind of see the resemblance to a paper cartridge if you are familiar with them.
That makes sense! Thank you
@@TheMuseumGuide Now that I think about it... Bullet is the French word for bullet. After all, it's a French loanword into the English language meaning "little ball".
I think I was using bullet as a synonym cartridge but you’re right- they’re different!
@@TheMuseumGuide No worries, no worries. But you know how the internet works. As soon as someone makes a slight mistake, alarm bells ring in Internet central and the nearest pedants will swoop down on you. ;)
@@DeHeld8 oh god, like when I keep saying the Spanish were the first to land of Easter Island 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you for your video. You missed the Cyrus Cylinder.
Maybe it can go on a future list. :) thanks for watching!
Agreed
Thank you!
The Assyrian lion hunt is very special
It certainly is! The only reason I didn't include it is because they are well represented at so many museums.
Remember my last visit in 1972 to see Tutankhamen well before you where born lol
P.s I wasn’t very old tho but stayed with me x
You’ll have to make a return trip soon! Tut must have been a travelling exhibit?
Nigel, I was there too - school trip I think. It was all the alabaster that I really loved, it was exquisite.
Thanks again. Some are Dinosaurs others snake forms and other life form bodies. It makes me think of life long ago. I wish we knew more about those times. But special interests groups that have too much control, destroy and suppress such awareness as it threatens them. Glad some light still comes through. It is so exciting and brings me hope.😊
The Dinosaurs are displayed at the Natural History Museum. :) I have a video about that Museum as well! Thanks for watching.
There are many Rosetta Stone's, but this one is the first one found. 19 I believe.
It's actually 28, which is unreal! I only know this off the top of my head because I have almost finished my next video, which is on the Most Controversial Objects in the British Museum. You guessed it - the Rosetta Stone is one of them.
@TheMuseumGuide that is amazing! I will be in London in June to see it in person 😀 Great video!
@@RichardTugwell-ue6kx Thank you!
First Jessica, congratulations for your knowledge of the items in your video. Instead of making a video about most controversial items in the “museum of shame” that will be very long, may I suggest you make a short video about the British items.
I love the British Museum and go there every time I visit London. I personally feel that all of the artefacts demanded should be returned to those countries who want them. The Elgin Marbles, the Benin bronzes, the Egyptian artefacts and so on, they all belong from whence they were taken, regardless of by whom. Naturally, this applies also to every other museum throughout the world, not just to this particular one. And of course, the countries in question who want the objects back will pay the costs of having preserved the artefacts for the period since they were taken, since without that preservation the objects themselves would most likely no longer exist (whether it was the museum or the relevant country incurring the cost of preserving them at the time is neither here nor there - it still incurred a cost.) Doubtless there will need to be some negotiation. One might argue about the cleaning of the Marbles and the damage that ensued, versus the state they would have been in if they’d simply been left where they were (there’s the Acropolis as an example.) But I’m sure an accommodation could be found, in the interests of fairness. These items belong to their nations, not to some random edifice in another country. We can all travel, so if you really want to see African bronzes or Egyptian mummies then absorb the cost and go and see them in their home nation, rather than expecting to see them anywhere else (and doubtless there will always be tours, for those who don’t wish to travel that far.)
No argument from me!
15:19 - it has been proven that the Mowai walked to their positions - just as the Rapanui people have always claimed.
The walking was achieved by rocking the rounded, base-heavy statues using two long ropes. Each time it rocked one way it took a small step forward, and rocking the other resulted in a step forward on that side. With only a few dozen people, progress was fairly constant, and quite sustainable.
There's plenty of documentary video proof of this on UA-cam.
The people of Rapanui did indeed empty the island of trees, but NOT for the transportation of Mowai - and that's a fact.
Yes, I’ve since amended my tours! I give the correct info about the moai in my other BM video about the controversies of the Museum. Thank you!
Did you ever do a follow-up to the Sutton Hoo helmet? I would love a detailed explanation about how they reconstructed that. There is so little of the original there that i don't really understand how they settled on the final form with any confidence.
I’m working on it right now!
Been to Easter Island. It’s fascinating to walk the island Andes the mo ai.
My mum is planning to go nexr year!
your tattoos are beautiful!!
Thank you! 🥰
A ship filled with them, maybe 2 sank when he left. Consider that if you will. Give them back
No arguments here!
💗
The Sutton Hoo piece is stirring. Further information about it would be appreciated. Talk for as many hours as you can. I enjoyed the entire tour.
I can't wait to head to Sutton Hoo - going in November, hopefully!
@@TheMuseumGuide oh thank you. I wish I could go but I am in California. Saw the mask in 2014 in the BM. I look forward to your report. I had ancient ancestors over that way.