British Museum

noun

1. a national depository and museum in London, England, housing important collections in archaeology, art, and natural history.

British Museum

noun

1. a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library

Example Sentences

These include the Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, which is on display at the British Museum in London.

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"Now I want two things: number one, museums to stop buying stolen artefacts and number two, I need three objects to come back: the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum, the Zodiac from the Louvre and the Bust of Nefertiti from Berlin," says Dr Hawass.

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The British Museum told the BBC that it had received: "No formal requests for either the return or the loan of the Rosetta Stone from the Egyptian Government."

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Prominent Egyptologists argue that its establishment strengthens their demand for key Egyptian antiquities held in other countries to be returned – including the famed Rosetta Stone displayed at the British Museum.

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"They'll clean them and then since it's such a large hoard they will apply to the British Museum to see if they can keep them," he said.

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