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The Rosetta StoneGround FloorHorse of SeleneGround FloorThe Lewis ChessmenLevel 3The Sutton Hoo HelmetLevel 3Hoa Hakananai'aGround FloorLions released into the arenaGround FloorColossal bust of Ramesses II (the 'Younger Memnon')Ground FloorInner coffin of HornedjitefLevel 3The Standard of UrLevel 3The Portland VaseLevel 3

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The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, mummies, Assyrian lion hunts and a glass-roofed court. The British Museum, at your own pace.

Wings

• Great Court

• West wing

  Egyptian sculptureAssyrian sculpture and Balawat GatesAssyria: NimrudAssyria: NinevehAssyria: Lion hunts, Siege of Lachish and KhorsabadGreece: Minoans and MycenaeansGreece 1050-520 BCGreek vasesGreece: Athens and LyciaGreece: Bassai sculpturesNereid MonumentGreece: ParthenonGreece: AthensGreeks and Lycians 400-325 BCMausoleum of HalikarnassosThe world of AlexanderGreek and Roman sculptureSainsbury Exhibitions GalleryGreeks in ItalyAncient CyprusEtruscan worldRoman EmpireGreek and Roman life

• North wing

  Living and DyingNorth AmericaMexicoAfricaIndia: AmaravatiChina and South AsiaChinese jadeChinese ceramicsKoreaEgyptian life and death: the tomb-chapel of NebamunEgyptian death and afterlife: mummiesEarly EgyptSudan, Egypt and NubiaEthiopia and Coptic EgyptAncient LevantMesopotamia 6000-1500 BCMesopotamia 1500-539 BCAnatolia and UrartuAncient South ArabiaJapan

• East wing

  EnlightenmentCollecting the worldThe Waddesdon BequestAncient IranEurope and Middle East 10,000-800 BCBritain and Europe 800 BC-AD 43Roman BritainSutton Hoo and Europe AD 300-1100The Islamic worldEurope 1400-1800Europe 1800-1900Europe 1900 to the present

• South front

  MoneyMedieval Europe 1050-1500Clocks and watches

Threads

• 60 minThe British Museum in an HourThe Rosetta Stone, Ramesses II, Assyrian winged bulls, the royal lion hunt, the Parthenon sculptures and Hoa Hakananai'a.6 pieces
• 120 minThe British Museum in Two HoursThe ground-floor icons, then upstairs to the Portland Vase, the Lewis Chessmen, Sutton Hoo, the Cyrus Cylinder, Ur and the mummies.12 pieces
• 60 minWritten in Stone and ClayThe Rosetta Stone, the Black Obelisk, a Roman birthday invitation, the Cyrus Cylinder, a Babylonian map of the world and the Book of the Dead.7 pieces
• 60 minTreasureThe Holy Thorn Reliquary, the Royal Gold Cup, the Sutton Hoo buckle, the Mildenhall dish, the Snettisham torc, the Mold cape and the Oxus chariot.7 pieces
• 75 minHow They Came HereThe Rosetta Stone, a caryatid, the Parthenon sculptures, an Australian shield, Hoa Hakananai'a, the Benin plaques and a cross from Maqdala.7 pieces

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