London, 2003
Still in the British Museum, a destroyed tomb which was reconstructed from the rubble. A statement of Preservation!
A panel from the Greek Parthenon, "acquired" well before the Parthenon was used for target practice in WWI. How fortunate!
The inside dome of the former library building. A "must see" for any Library Assistant...
Then off to see where East meets West, the prime meridian at the Greenwich observatory.
and the nearby Cutty Sark, last of the fast sailing freighters. Sadly, it was gutted by fire 4 years later (in 2007) during a renovation.
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