Colour Your English - 2008
The British Museum
Module 4 > Let's go places > Culture 2/7
The British Museum is the biggest in the UK and one of the biggest and most famous in the world. It is a museum of human history and culture. It opened in 1759 for the first time.
Inside the British Museum you can find objects from almost all ancient civilizations: Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Assyrian, Aztec, Chinese, Japanese, Celtic, Persian, Viking...
People like visiting the Ancient Egyptian mummies and the Rosetta Stone best. They can also see some Easter Island statues. And the best thing is the price: it is free to visit!
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