No. 02 · 大英博物馆24 exhibits

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2-hour route · in visiting order

British Museum · 2-hour route

Stop 1 · Room 4

The Rosetta Stone

196 BC

Stop 2 · Room 4, Bay 9

The Younger Memnon

Ramesses II

Stop 3 · Room 6a

Human-headed winged lion

Nimrud

Stop 4 · Room 6a

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

825 BC

Stop 5 · Room 10a

The Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

645–635 BC

Stop 6 · Room 18

Horse of Selene

Parthenon, east pediment

Stop 7 · Room 24

Hoa Hakananai'a

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Stop 8 · Room 25, Case 6

Commemorative head of a Queen Mother (Idia)

Benin, early 16th century

Stop 9 · Room 27, Case 6

Double-headed serpent

Aztec/Mixtec, 1400–1521

Stop 10 · Room 33, Case 31

Tomb figures of Liu Tingxun

Tang dynasty, about AD 728

Stop 11 · Room 33

Glazed luohan from Yixian

Liao dynasty, 907–1125

Stop 12 · Room 33

Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance

Chola, about 1100

Stop 13 · Room 95, Case 1

The David Vases

Yuan dynasty, 1351

Stop 14 · Room 40, Case 5

The Lewis Chessmen

1150–1200

Stop 15 · Room 41, Case 1

The Sutton Hoo helmet

early 7th century AD

Stop 16 · Room 49, Case 22

The Mildenhall Great Dish

4th century AD

Stop 17 · Room 52, Case 4

The Cyrus Cylinder

after 539 BC

Stop 18 · Room 52, Case 3

Gold chariot model, Oxus Treasure

5th–4th century BC

Stop 19 · Room 56, Case 17

The Standard of Ur

2550–2400 BC

Stop 20 · Room 56, Case 16

The Royal Game of Ur

2600–2400 BC

Stop 21 · Room 61

Nebamun hunting in the marshes

about 1350 BC

Stop 22 · Room 62, Case 24

The Book of the Dead of Hunefer

19th Dynasty

Stop 23 · Room 70

The Portland Vase

Roman, about AD 1–25

Stop 24 · Room 2a, Case 4

The Holy Thorn Reliquary

Paris, about 1400

Floor plan

The British Museum · schematic map

Schematic · unofficial · not to scale(示意图,非官方,不按比例)

The British Museum Schematic · unofficial · not to scale(示意图,非官方,不按比例)
Tap to enlarge; pinch to zoom. Gold numbers show how many guides are in each area. Labels are in Chinese with English names. Follow the venue's own signs for what is open. Open full size
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