Unit 6 project

THE BRITISH MUSEUM

The British Museum is one of the most famous,important and oldest museums of the world. It´s located in London.It is dedicated to human history, art and culture.It consists of more than 7 million objects from all over the world.The museum is free for all visitors.

The museum has got many Egyptianantiquities, such as The Rosetta Stone,that thanks to it, it has been possible to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.The section of Ancient Egypt is the second most important of the world.The most important one is The Egypt Museum of El Cairo.

The Rosetta Stone

MUMMIES

A mummy is a dead body of a person or an animal, that by embalming or because natural situations it has mantained on a good state for many years after its dead.

The Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings is located in Egypt.In the valley you can find tombs of the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. It contains 63 tombs.