The Wandering Scot
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UK 2013
London
British Museum
London
The London Eye
London Eye
Parliament, from the London Eye
Buckingham Palace, from the London Eye
Big Ben
Nelson's Column
Paddington!
The Shard
Gherkin, from The Shard
Tower of London, from The Shard
Looking up to the The Shard's Tip.
"The Monument" to the Great Fire (1677)
British Museum
British Museum
Egyptian Room
The Rosetta Stone
Elgin Marbles
Lamsssu: Two Winged Lions
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Lamassu: Winged Lion #1
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Lamassu: Winged Lion #2
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Assyrian Guardian Lion
Lamassu: Winged Bull & Winged Lion
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Lamassu: Winged Lion #3
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Lamasu: Winged Bull
From Nimrud, c. 865-860 BC
Lamassu in Occlusion
One of two in a closed-for-maintenace section
Assyrian Frieze
Assyrian Frieze: A god emblem.
Assyrian Frieze
Paired Horsemen: one to steer, one to fire.
Assyrian Frieze, Nimrud, c 865-860 BC
Swimming cavalry, with fishes.
Assyrian Frieze: The King
"Royal Standard of Ur" ~ 2550 BC
"Royal Standard of Ur" ~ 2550 BC
The "Royal Game of Ur"
Ram of Ur
Golden Lyre of Ur
Gudea of Lagesh ~ 2130 BC
Cuneiform heaxgon
Achaemenid gold clasp
From the Oxus Treasure 5th-4th c BC
~100 AD, Yorkshire.
Iron Age Shield
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