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British Museum reportage and Street Photography.

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  • Schoolchildren visiting the British Museum, run around on the grass and bother pigeons, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • The architecture of the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. Designed by Foster and Partners, the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court transformed the Museum’s inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe. It is a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room at its centre. The £100 million project was supported by grants of £30 million from the Millennium Commission and £15.75 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Great Court was opened on 6 December 2000 by Her Majesty the Queen.
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  • A woman visitor photographs the Hellenistic Crouching Aphrodite (Lely's Venus) sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in the British Museum, London, England.
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  • The South Stairs of the British Museum with the two lions that once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (now in Bodrum, Turkey) and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • A visitor leans to learn about the The Head of the Horse of Selene, part of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors pose in front of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors learn about the British Museum's Elgin Marbles that originate from the Parthenon in Athens, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
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  • The colossal head of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II that dominates a room and visitors in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors admire Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
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  • Visitors selfie under Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myron's 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
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  • Schoolchildren work on projects beneath New Kingdom (1279-1213BC) Egyptian Mummies of Henutmehyt in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Schoolchildren work on projects about Eyptian Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Schoolchildren wearing hi-vis jackets work on projects in the British Museum,on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • An elderly visitor inspects New Kingdom (1279-1213BC) Egyptian Mummies of Henutmehyt in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors crowd around the popular Ptolemaic/Roman Mummies in the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • Schoolboys visiting the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum sit on a bench in front of Rondanini Faun, a 2nd century Roman statue, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
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  • Schoolchildren visiting the British Museum, run around on the grass and bother pigeons, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
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