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Posted by **Santi Pérez** on 19 Jul 2022, 21:11

Last week my wife and I spent eight days in London. We went there to attend the graduation ceremony of our daughter, who has obtained a master's degree in Physics at Royal Holloway University of London. You can imagine how proud we are of her. :drool:

Well, this is a modelling forum and I go to the subject of my post. ;-)

Every time we go to London, there are several places that we always visit, for example the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace or the Natural History Museum (don't forget I'm a High School Biology teacher :mrgreen:

).

Another must-see is the British Museum:

On this occasion I have had the idea of relating photos I took there of various items from different periods of History with the best 1/72 plastic figures available on the market (in my humble opinion, of course) to represent them.

Let's begin with one of the most ancient civilizations, that of the Sumerians, whose soldiers are very well represented in the Standard of Ur:

The only figures available are those from Hät:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1079
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1080

Next in History we find the Egyptian empire, with Ramesses II the Great, here represented in a military expedition to Nubia and in one of his monumental statues:

Knowing my preference for Caesar Miniatures, I can only recommend their figures to represent both the Egyptians and the Nubians:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2244
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1187
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1098
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=843
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1181

Coming to the Assyrians, their military forces and tactics are very well represented in different reliefs:

As you can expect, the best figures for them in my taste are also those from Caesar:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=842
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=943
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=949

Achaemenid Persians soldiers are well known by the reliefs in Persepolis palace:

In this case, both Caesar and Zvezda make great figure sets:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1396
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=383
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=516

Sorry, I have nothing on Greeks.

I finish with the Romans, here represented on a wonderful model of the Housesteads fort in the central sector of Hadrian's Wall:

Santi.

Posted by **Minuteman** on 19 Jul 2022, 22:45

Congratulations firstly, Santi, to your daughter on receiving a Masters Degree in Physics from Royal Holloway University, a great achievement!

The British Museum is a treasure house full of all sorts of artefacts, some ancient, some just 'old'. It is certainly one of my favourite museums and I try to get there every year or two. There is always something new to see, and far too much to see in one visit anyway.

One of my favourite exhibits is in the Anglo-Saxon/'Dark Ages' section, and is the Sutton Hoo helmet, the famous masked helmet probably worn by a Saxon king in the 6th or 7th century and buried with him in the famous ship-burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, UK. Every time I go to the British Museum I have to go and look at this ancient and mysterious helmet. Here is an image:

Was this also the sort of helmet worn by the Scandinavian hero Beowulf at about the same time? Look into the eye spaces where a king or hero once looked out from, and wonder....

Posted by **Peter** on 19 Jul 2022, 23:11

Congrats to your daughter and her proud parents! :thumbup:

And thank you for sharing these nice pictures with us! :thumbup:

Posted by **MABO** on 20 Jul 2022, 00:50

I second that!

Posted by **Konrad** on 20 Jul 2022, 09:53

A very nice report.
Congratulations on your daughter.
Must have been very nice, your visit to London.
And this really great museum.
I'm a little jealous. ;-)

Posted by **Ochoin** on 20 Jul 2022, 10:43

Just fantastic. Great post. And add my congratulations to the pile.

donald

Posted by **Santi Pérez** on 20 Jul 2022, 18:58

Thank you very much for your congratulations for my daughter, friends. :-D

I'm also glad that you liked my post. ;-)

Minuteman wrote:...One of my favourite exhibits is in the Anglo-Saxon/'Dark Ages' section, and is the Sutton Hoo helmet, the famous masked helmet probably worn by a Saxon king in the 6th or 7th century and buried with him in the famous ship-burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, UK. Every time I go to the British Museum I have to go and look at this ancient and mysterious helmet...

I like that helmet too, Minuteman, thought I prefer its restored version :mrgreen:

Santi.

Posted by **Michael Robert** on 21 Jul 2022, 22:02

Hi Santi,
congratulations to your daughter.
Thanks to you I voyage to a nice and impressive place as the British Museum. Long time I haven't been there. My most memorable places are the Acropole marbles and the Egyptian section with the mummies.
Greetings
Michael

Posted by **Santi Pérez** on 22 Jul 2022, 19:18

Michael Robert wrote:Hi Santi, congratulations to your daughter.
Thanks to you I voyage to a nice and impressive place as the British Museum. Long time I haven't been there. My most memorable places are the Acropole marbles and the Egyptian section with the mummies.
Greetings
Michael

Thank you very much, Michael.

I post some more photos I took in the museum, especially for you. They are not specifically from Acropolis marbles or Egyptian mummies with bandages and sarcophagi, but they are from the Athenian sacred hill and from the Egyptians (including a natural mummy). I hope you like them. ;-)

And who said that miniature figures are a modern creation? More than 3,000 years ago, the Egyptians produced miniatures that could compete advantageously with those of Caesar Miniatures, Zvezda or Esci/Italeri. And they were made of silver, not plastic. :mrgreen:

Best regards. :-D

Santi.

Posted by **Michael Robert** on 23 Jul 2022, 09:59

Well, I thank you Santi,
wonderful pictures, the Acropole model - inspiring, the Rosetta stone, key to the decrypting of the hieroglyphes, the dried man - I've got his picture in my mind from childhood. Actually, I think it is not a classic mummy but a corpse preserved in the dried sand.
And I love those Egyptian miniatures. These I remark for the first time. Good find. In Louvre there are some similar I believe.
All of this remarkable and inspiring for our mini worlds.
Greetings
Michael

Posted by **Kekso** on 23 Jul 2022, 15:47

Who's that guy blocking the view of British Museum on first photo? :xd:

Congratulations on your daughter's graduation! And thanks for sharing this nice visit to London wirh us.

Posted by **Santi Pérez** on 23 Jul 2022, 17:35

Michael Robert wrote:Well, I thank you Santi...

You are welcome, Michael. Even more only one day after your birthday. ;-)

Kekso wrote:Who's that guy blocking the view of British Museum on first photo?
Congratulations on your daughter's graduation! And thanks for sharing this nice visit to London wirh us.

Thank you, Kekso. :thumbup:

And who can be the guy in front of the museum? Here's a hint for you to guess: he still needs a second coat of flesh paint on his legs. :mrgreen:

Santi.

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