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第15章 欧洲——享受最惊艳的视觉盛宴(1)

欧洲地图

欧洲的意思是“西方日落的地方”。关于欧洲的名字,还有一个传说,宙斯喜欢上了一个叫欧罗巴的女人,于是就变成一头牛把欧罗巴带到了现在的欧洲,并以她的名字命名现在的欧洲。欧洲的传说,很惊艳;其风景,更震撼。

11. The British Museum:A Free Museum 免费的博物馆——大英博物馆

British Museum lies in the Great Russell Square in London. It is the world’s oldest and largest comprehensive museum.

大英博物馆位于伦敦的大罗素广场,是世界上历史最悠久、规模最大的综合性博物馆。

A Museum of World History 世界历史的博物馆

British Museum is located in the north of England’s great Russell Square, New Oxford Street, London. It was founded in 1753. It was officially open to the public in January 15, 1759. British Museum and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre in Paris are the world’s three major museums.

The admission of British Museum is free, because the British Government supports people to understand the history.

The British Museum is currently divided into 10 branches, they are respectively the ancient Near East museum, coins and coin museum, the Egyptian Museum, National Museum, the Greek and Roman Museum, Japan Museum, medieval and modern Europe Museum, Oriental Museum, prehistoric and early Europe prints and drawings Hall and West Hall. Among them, the collection of products in the Egyptian Museum, Greco-Roman and Oriental Art History Museum are the most compelling, while Chinese accounted for most of the collection.

The building is of magnificent spirits, spectacular. In addition to enjoy the exhibits, visitors can also enjoy the British design in the museum excels. Museum collected many cultural treasures and books all over the world, the rich and numerous species rarely seen in museums around the world.

大英博物馆成立于1753年,位于英国伦敦新牛津大街北面的大罗素广场,1759年1月15日起正式对公众开放。它与纽约的大都会艺术博物馆、巴黎的卢浮宫同列为世界三大博物馆。

英国政府支持市民去了解历史,所以大英博物馆入场免费。

大英博物馆目前分为10个分馆,分别是古近东馆、硬币和纪念币馆、埃及文物馆、民族馆、希腊和罗马馆、日本馆、中世纪及近代欧洲馆、东方艺术文物馆、史前及早期欧洲管、版画和素描馆以及西亚馆。其中以埃及文物馆、希腊和罗马馆和东方艺术文物馆藏品最引人注目,而中国的藏品则是占据了绝大部分。

博物馆的整个建筑气魄雄伟,蔚为壮观。除了欣赏展品外,游客还可以领略英国人在博物馆设计方面的过人之处。博物馆收藏了世界各地的许多文物和图书珍品,藏品之丰富、种类之繁多,为全世界博物馆所罕见。

The Memorable History 值得回味的历史渊源

The origin of the British Museum is dating back to 1753. Mr. Hans Sloane was a famous collector, after his death in 1753, left personal collections of 1,700, there are a large number of plant specimens and books, manus. According to his will, all collections are donated to the state. The collection was finally handed over to the British Parliament.

On January 15, 1759, through public fundraising in the Building Museum’s funds, the museum was established in Montague Building near the city and open to the public.

Through the British adventure around the activities of a large number of valuable collections, the early British Museum tend to be the collection of natural history specimens, there are a large number of artifacts, books, attracted a large number of visitors.

In the early 19th century, the Montague building has become inadequate used. In 1823, the museum decided to to build a new building to north of the museum, completed in 1840, shortly after the old Montagu House was demolished. After the completion of the new museum, the public round reading room was built in the yard and open.

In 1881, British Museum separated natural history specimens and archaeological, specifically the British Museum collected of archaeological artifacts. In 1973, the museum was divided again, the books, manus, etc. separated to form the new British Library.

追溯大英博物馆的历史渊源,可以从1753年汉斯·斯隆爵士去世说起。汉斯·斯隆爵士是当时的一位著名收藏家,他的个人藏品达1,700件,还有大批植物标本及书籍、手稿。根据他的遗嘱,所有藏品都捐赠给国家。最后这些藏品都交给了英国国会。

1759年1月15日,在通过公众募款筹集建筑博物馆的资金后,大英博物馆最终在伦敦市区附近一座叫做蒙塔古的大楼成立并对外开放。

博物馆在开放后,英国人在各地进行冒险活动,获得了大批珍贵藏品,并贡献给大英博物馆,大英博物馆早期倾向于收集自然历史标本以及文物和书籍,因此吸引了大批参观者。

19世纪初,蒙塔古大楼已经显得不够使用了。1823年博物馆决定在蒙塔古大楼北面建造一座新馆,并在1840年代完成,旧的蒙塔古大楼不久后便被拆除。新馆建成后不久,又在院子里建了对公众开放的圆形阅览室。

1881年大英博物馆将自然历史标本与考古文物分离,大英博物馆专门收集考古文物。1973年,博物馆再次重新划分,将书籍和手稿等内容分离,组成新的大英图书馆。

The Greatest Treasures and Funny Attractions 镇馆之宝和趣味景点

Jani’s Book of the Dead

Jani’s Book of the Dead is the greatest treasures of the British Museum. This is a painting dating back 3,200 years ago, painted on the toilet paper. Length of 24 meters, with over 60 chapters devoted, depicting the deceased in the afterlife of eternal life and the stipulations required incantation. Jani is a real person and this painting is buried with Jani.

Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone has been as the preservation and public display in the British Museum since 1802. It is 1.14m high and 0.73m wide. It was produced in 196 BC, and a marble stele originally engraved an Egyptian King Ptolemy V’s edict. The texts on the monument are the same content in Greek, in ancient Egyptian and in the local language. Because this stone inions in three different languages, making the modern archaeologists have the opportunity to control the various language versions of the content, interpretation has been lost over a thousand years of Egyptian hieroglyphic meaning of the text and structure, and an important milestone for the study of ancient Egyptian history today.

Charlotte Bronte’s Possessions

The British Museum is also famous for its library, because that is the origin of the British Museum, Hans Sloane’s private library donated by the British King George IV, converted a large number of new library books. There is a main site for Marx to collect information and write his immortal work Das Kapital. Many visitors came to see Marx’s seat in that year.

There also love letters by Charlotte Bronte. When she studied in Brussels, she pursued a Professor. There are also original stationeries that Charlotte Bronte abused Jane Austin Ding, and the photos that Charlotte Bronte insulted third-rate writers.