British Museum

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The British Museum is the premier collection of artefacts relating to human history and culture in London, the British capital.

Contents 1 Highlights 1.1 Ancient Near East 1.2 Egypt and the Sudan 2 External links

Highlights

Ancient Near East

• the Statue of Idrimi from Alalakh
• the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
• several Lachish Letters

Egypt and the Sudan

• the Battlefield Palette
• Papyrus Harris I
• the Rosetta Stone
• the Shabaka Stone

External links

• the British Museum - official web site