July 1 - The Bible in the British Museum

On Tuesday we had the opportunity to visit the British Museum and get a first hand tour.  The tour was seeing the Bible in the artifacts that the British Museum has collected.  We were not able to see EVERYTHING in the museum, but what we saw was awesome!  The British Museum is proving the Bible correct!  I have a book if anyone would like to look at it, that connects the artifacts stories and the Bible stories.  Here are some of the references and stories:

1 Kings 22 

2 Kings 9 and 10

Replica of the gate shown below that would have been an entrance into a city.

1 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 9 and 10 

 Gate Piece  

The Rosetta Stone:

It is significant because it was the first writings that helped us translate Egyptian Hieroglyphics. 

Tarharqa

The only document that mentioned Tarharqa was the Bible, until we were able to read the Hieroglyphics on the statue above - supporting the Bibles documentation that he was not a mythical king!  He was the ruler of the Cushites.

2 Kings 19:9 and Isaiah 37:9

Armana Tablets

During the time of Joshua!

Joshua 12:9-24 

The British Museum is a secular institution, that has started to claim that the Bible is indeed true.  The more they discover the more they prove the Bible to be accurate and real, as seen in the plaque above that was posted in 2009!

The British Library

After visiting the Museum and Library, we traveled over the Tower of London.  It was too late in the day to explore inside, so we opted to try that next time.  Here are a few pictures from the outside:

The bottom left picture is of Traitors Gate - If you were sentenced to death they brought you in on a boat through this gate!

We then walked across the Tower Bridge!  I have now walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and the Tower Bridge - in the words of Greg Key "All that's left is the Golden Gate Bridge".  Here are some pictures from the Bridge! 

 

Once across the bridge, we walked along side the Thames River until we got to a pedestrians only bridge that crossed back over the Thames River right in front of St. Paul's Cathedral!  It was BEAUTIFUL!!! 

 

We found a really nice little Fish and Chips (Fries) restaurant around the corner from St. Paul's Cathedral where we ate supper!  It was really yummy!