World Tour

So I know I told you I was only visiting England and Holland on this little jaunt over the ocean--but after this afternoon, I feel like I've seen the treasures of the world. And that is because I meandered around the British Museum.

Did you know that the British Museum has the biggest collection of Greek artifacts outside of Greece? Those nymph statues without their heads? Yep. Saw them today. And there's mummies in London---a lot of mummies. And the Rosetta Stone? Yeah. That's the stone they found that had heiroglyphics on it, as well as two other languages so that it allowed historians to translate it all, and therefore opened a way to decipher all kinds of things. Anyway, there were about a zillion people taking pictures of it, so you knew it was pretty important. There were artifacts from every major civilization on the planet.

They even had a temporary exhibit showing American drawings--I really enjoyed these. There's one that I have to find for my brother because he'll love it. Not sure where to look though. You might have to wait, Bob.

The cool thing though, is that there were almost as many cultures looking at this multitude of treasures as those treasures represented

I just wish that so many of those things preserved didn't either represent false gods--or an effort to preserve this life here on this planet...mmm. WHat should the purpose of what we leave behind be?

Gotta run--internet time is going to run out. Good night!