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Streets and places were later named after him, including Hans Place, Hans Crescent, and Sloane Square in and around Chelsea, London \u2013 the area of his final residence \u2013 and also Sir Hans Sloane Square in his birthplace in Northern Ireland, Killyleagh.","wiki_description":"Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London. He was elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24. Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27. Though he is credited with the invention of chocolate milk, it is more likely that he learned the practice of adding milk to drinking chocolate while living and working in Jamaica. Streets and places were later named after him, including Hans Place, Hans Crescent, and Sloane Square in and around Chelsea, London \u2013 the area of his final residence \u2013 and also Sir Hans Sloane Square in his birthplace in Northern Ireland, Killyleagh.","day_image":"415a5bba-935d-44a8-f36c-ee3abc23e000","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"07accff79ccfdd3722a740338a10436b","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Statue of Ramses the Great","wiki_title":"","description":null,"wiki_description":"","day_image":"e9948b31-4f4f-41ed-2051-535151ed8300","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"0c7375cf695a30d32dec171be1604311","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Rosetta Stone","wiki_title":"Rosetta Stone","description":"The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts, respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek. The decree has only minor differences between the three versions, making the Rosetta Stone key to deciphering the Egyptian scripts.","wiki_description":"The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts, respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek. The decree has only minor differences between the three versions, making the Rosetta Stone key to deciphering the Egyptian scripts.","day_image":"4fd2b9bd-e15c-4d37-2e63-d024c8bf8100","address":"","latitude":0,"longitude":0,"wiki_latitude":31.4,"wiki_longitude":30.416667,"place_id":"39d813eee15f551b721fdab8c51c2106","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Lewes Chess Set","wiki_title":"Lewis chessmen","description":null,"wiki_description":"The Lewis chessmen or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th-century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus ivory. Discovered in 1831 on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, they may constitute some of the few complete, surviving medieval chess sets, although it is not clear if a period-accurate set can be assembled from the pieces. When found, the hoard contained 93 artifacts: 78 chess pieces, 14 tablemen and one belt buckle. Today, 82 pieces are owned and usually exhibited by the British Museum in London, and the remaining 11 are at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.","day_image":"f374d534-6c93-4e12-66c5-70cd68f8e900","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"3ac0101a78cc908b794b6364ad2b9d9b","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Balawat Gates","wiki_title":"Balawat Gates","description":"The Balawat Gates are three sets of decorated bronze bands that had adorned the main doors of several buildings at Balawat, dating to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III. Their extensive use of narrative art depicting the exploits of Assyrian kings has cemented their position as some of the most important surviving works of art of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, comparable to the extensive Assyrian palace reliefs. When the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell in 614-612 BC, Balawat was destroyed. The wooden elements of the gates decomposed, leaving only the bronze bands. The remains of two sets of gates can be found in the British Museum's collection, those from the Temple of Mamu are housed in the Mosul Museum. Small sections of the Shalmaneser bronze door bands are also in the Louvre Museum at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.","wiki_description":"The Balawat Gates are three sets of decorated bronze bands that had adorned the main doors of several buildings at Balawat, dating to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III. Their extensive use of narrative art depicting the exploits of Assyrian kings has cemented their position as some of the most important surviving works of art of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, comparable to the extensive Assyrian palace reliefs. When the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell in 614-612 BC, Balawat was destroyed. The wooden elements of the gates decomposed, leaving only the bronze bands. The remains of two sets of gates can be found in the British Museum's collection, those from the Temple of Mamu are housed in the Mosul Museum. Small sections of the Shalmaneser bronze door bands are also in the Louvre Museum at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.","day_image":"0da47050-2203-4c6a-d6b1-2bfb7bffba00","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"71687fc64e067bf8e516cf7aead2b5a2","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"British Museum Library","wiki_title":"London Library","description":"","wiki_description":"The London Library is an independent lending library in London, established in 1841. It was founded on the initiative of Thomas Carlyle, who was dissatisfied with some of the policies at the British Museum Library. It is located at 14 St James's Square, in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, which has been its home since 1845. Membership is open to all, on payment of an annual subscription, and life and corporate memberships are also available. As of December 2021 the Library had over 7000 members.","day_image":"84ac6e0f-b065-4f11-5526-e91cb4aa0d00","address":"","latitude":0,"longitude":0,"wiki_latitude":51.507,"wiki_longitude":-0.137,"place_id":"78470202657b92f964dca984634e92f1","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Modern Ethnography Easter Island","wiki_title":"","description":null,"wiki_description":"","day_image":"97464315-9116-4fea-942b-88ea9a009800","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"7e24312b502eb7c766689dce2850b7d1","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Aztec Rooms","wiki_title":"","description":null,"wiki_description":"","day_image":"1f74bb7a-96df-4e59-3a81-2a746afdf700","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"962105f1852cac7a98c838255eba8940","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Elgin Marbles","wiki_title":"Elgin Marbles","description":"The Elgin Marbles are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum. The majority of the sculptures were created in the 5th century BCE under the direction of sculptor and architect Phidias.","wiki_description":"The Elgin Marbles are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum. The majority of the sculptures were created in the 5th century BCE under the direction of sculptor and architect Phidias.","day_image":"67fb3c68-0c5e-42f0-9e2f-8e351d17a100","address":"Great Russell St, London, Greater London, WC1B 3DG","latitude":51.5192,"longitude":-0.1283,"wiki_latitude":51.5192,"wiki_longitude":-0.1283,"place_id":"81e9c82c3031a7feca91b3d6a7743204","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Ashurbanipal","wiki_title":"Ashurbanipal","description":"Ashurbanipal was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BCE to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.","wiki_description":"Ashurbanipal was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BCE to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.","day_image":"1b1a9b0c-3a13-41d3-bf9d-af7832be1f00","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"af93d984dbd3e137de326fada4464d8b","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Egyptian Mummies","wiki_title":null,"description":null,"wiki_description":"","day_image":"341c93d8-0bd1-4176-d80d-ea2749d88600","address":"","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"wiki_latitude":null,"wiki_longitude":null,"place_id":"b1bce2b749e4179b3a5feeab61ee2b6b","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]},{"title":"Sutton Hoo Mask","wiki_title":"Sutton Hoo helmet","description":null,"wiki_description":"The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. It was buried around the years c.\u2009620\u2013625 CE and is widely associated with an Anglo-Saxon leader, King R\u00e6dwald of East Anglia; its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin to a crown. The helmet was both a functional piece of armour that would have offered considerable protection if ever used in warfare, and a decorative, prestigious piece of extravagant metalwork. An iconic object from an archaeological find hailed as the \"British Tutankhamen\", it has become a symbol of the Early Middle Ages, \"of Archaeology in general\", and of England.","day_image":"aecdf95d-8f95-4cc7-13a0-63c0067cf800","address":"","latitude":0,"longitude":0,"wiki_latitude":52.08916667,"wiki_longitude":1.33805556,"place_id":"b6f4b7678eadf17c22f3b03eada0594b","order":0,"tour_ids":"109731","order_tours":{"109731":0},"colors":["#baee64"],"posts_title":[{"title":"British Museum Tour","id":109731}]}]