October 9, 2022 Another after hours museum tour followed later by a a walk across the Tower Bridge, then along the Queens Walk .Still not succeeding at making these posts shorter.
More security personnel than people this early in the morning.
Just before our group entered the museum, the first group of people got in line where the two white signs on the post are. They would be the first to enter where the gates were opened an hour later, Normally we wait until 11 to go in as there is virtually no line then and it is a five minute walk from where we stay.
The line outside the museum when left about 10:30.
No lines inside the gates at 9 am when we had our before hours tour.
The line when we left.
13 in our group this morning. The small size of the tour group makes it easy to see and hear what the guide is showing and talking about.
Today’s tour was called Life and Death in Ancient Egypt. Before the Unification of Egypt under the Pharaohs the dead were simply buried in shallow graves.
Inner coffin with mummy.
A higher status mummy. The head mask and objects on the mummy indicate this.
Outer coffin, mummy cover and inner coffin of a high status burial of a man.
Paintings from the wall of a tomb.
What makes the tour better than walking through the galleries during normal hours. These rooms are very crowed them and it virtually impossible to read the plaques describing the various objects. The small coffin is one that contained a female, but it is repurposed from one that was constructed for a male. The feet are too big and the fact the bottom of the head dress was rounded off , note how the squared off area removed was painted black are two indications. The mummy to the left is of a male and note the squared of base of the head dress.
What in the world id Linda looking at.?
It is on the main floor in room 1 and is the famous Feejee Mermaid. The reflection on glass is bad, there is a floor grill reflected on the body, for example. So are mermaids real or not? Unfortunately modern scientific examination has show it to be a fake. Oh well, some day some one will capture a real mermaid.
The museum is not the only place there are lines. This place is near our apartment and is also packed whenever we walk this way.
I always enjoy the names of some of the underground stations.
The iconic building called The Shard is no the south bank of the Thames making it easy to determine which direction you are going.
The moat of the Tower of London.
It is our tradition to walk across the Tower Bridge on a Sunday morning when in London.
Easy to tell the bridge is up.
Detail of the ironwork.
We and thousands of others take a selfie with the bridge in the background.
A few years ago we walked across the top of the bridge which has a glass floor. Once was enough for Linda.
Looking at the London Bridge.
See, it really is the London Bridge.
Interesting Architecture.
Not your typical top to a building.
This one is called the Walkie Talkie building.
One of favorite places is down there.
The sign says it all.
We’ve never bought any, but maybe someday.
Pies are meat eat pies.
The tower bridge viewed from the London bridge.
The monument to the Great Fire of London that started a short distance from here back in 1666.
We just follow the signs and go through the tunnels to find the underground line we need to begin our journey back to the apartment. We have to change lines at two other stations on the way.
