London – Something Special This Morning

October 8, 2022 It is called an after hours tour even though it was before hours this morning.

No crowds this morning.

There were four different tours being given this morning.

The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and also was a great presenter who kept the various ages of the 16 people on the tour interested in what she was saying.

The tour was titled ‘Introduction to Ancient Egypt” and was perfect for our time in Egypt next month. In the hour before the museum opened to the public we were treated to the wonders of the first floor Egyptian exhibit in ways that a normal visit would never afford. For example we learned how every item that adorned the pharaoh as well as the idealized body parts spoke of the power of the pharaoh in the statues dating from the time of the Old Kingdom.

Inscriptions on the tomb of an important person.

Hieroglyphics indicating that unlike all other person who had to kiss the ground in front of the Pharaoh, this person was allowed to kiss the Pharaoh’s foot.

The statutes of Gods were full of symbolism.

A portion of a huge statue of Ramses II.

Cats were important.

Scarab Beetles were very symbolic.

Cartouches meant it was the name of a Pharaoh. By the end of the hour we had a good foundation of the three Kingdoms of ancient Egypt and how the differed.

When the tour was over we headed over to Room 1 where there were several things we wanted to see.

Butterflies collected during Captain Cook’s round the world voyage in the 1700’s.

The actual Rosetta stone was not on display, but this room had an exact copy.

The top two sections are different types of Hieroglyphics while the bottom is in Greek.

She found some fossils.

She’s big on feet.

Especially great big feet.

Back up the second floor for another look at the Lewis Chessmen.

Better photos of the Sutton Hoo Helment.

Off to see another play, this far enough away that we opted to take the underground.

This one should be different.

Selfie as always.

The set.

Linda’s G&T and a scotch and water for me.

It being 5 o’clock when the play ended and knowing what the underground trains were going to be like, we opted to walk back to the apartment. Passing by a certain restaurant and noting it was very busy we stopped for a taste of our former life in California.

The sign says it all, and it was really good food too.

Our travels took down Demark Street once again.

What can i say, I like taking photos of the guitars in the windows.

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