Dr Ryan is like a kid in a candy shop there. His enthusiasm is infectious. Great work!

The comments on this video are truly ridiculous: "Give back these stolen artefacts", "how many of these items are stolen", etc. Do any of you people read or absorb information before commenting? This is the Roman room, and in case you were not aware, Britain used to be a Roman province. These items originate from Roman Britain, and thus are not stolen.

Thank you for the tour. I really love the Etruscan woman at the beginning, she's so full of life. And the young Roman girl at the end; she gave me a bit of the same feeling as looking at Mona Lisa.

You have such a carvable face yourself, Garrett. I'm pretty sure I saw it in one of the 300000 marble busts from the Vatican.

Dr. G! When this post began I decided to share a thought I've entertained for a year now about... the triclinium. You might recall how, some years back, we conversed here about how cold Mediterranean winters can be? Well, here in Canada they are very cold and I tend to sprawl on my sofa to watch TV, propped up on one arm. This winter I bought four much longer tapered wooden sofa legs and switched them with the short ones I had. Why? To raise me even higher from the cold region of the floor. Then I thought, here I am lying on my side, a 'throw' over my legs, picking at some olives in a dish on the coffee table in front of me, a glass of wine in hand, watching Toldinstone and there it was... the antique way of spending an evening!

Awesome! The Roman bronze with the eyes intact is such a magnificent piece.

Could watch this for hours! Thanks for letting us vicariously experience the museum with you. Saves a lot on air fare!

I remember going to the British Museum fairly regularly when I lived in London and I used to love going to the reading room that regrettably now is no more.

I did a study abroad in London and lived a few blocks from the British Museum. Memories!

I love seeing how excited he is by everything, it's obvious that he loves his work.

I live in Perth, Australia. I had the privilege of seeing, among other treasures, that head of Augustus on display here courtesy of the British Museum in 2016.

It was closed off when I went there. I’ll have to go back.

Amazing the artifacts really come to life with your narration, would you ever consider being a guide for a tour group and visit Rome and other sites in Italy? That would be so cool!

This was great to watch. The one thing I can't understand though is these people didn't know Dr. Garrett Ryan! That's missing the forest for the trees. Thank you!

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!

That was awesome, thanks mate I'm going to visit there now.

I’d love to spend a day at the museum with you 😊

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! I could watch things like this for hours.

I've been to the British Museum a few times, but watching you describe the various artifacts was very entertaining. I'd love to see more of you doing this sort of thing even if you aren't physically in the museum. Would just be cool to see you bringing these things to life either on here or the main channel

I wish the British Museum let Dr. Ryan record when the museum is closed. That would be wonderful.

I’m going to the British museum in a few days the 11th to be exact so thank you so much for this video definitely deserves a like ! 🎉

Brilliant video!

In Germany we would call him: happy as a Honigkuchenpferd

Love your content :) thanks that was interesting wish you could do a full walkthrough like that.

Excellent video! I personally think the nearly photo realistic mummy portraits are the coolest Roman items in the British museum. It’s very off putting seeing such highly realistic art from the ancient world. Showing just how much we lost by rarely having anything beyond statues and mosaics survive.

There's a hole in the bottom of the Portland vase because the tapered lower half is missing. This was tidied up with a flat insert at the base to make it a more practical object.

I wish all my visits to a museum was accompanied with your amazing knowledge, enthusiasm and wonderful explanations.

One can listen to you speaking all day! So passionate about history!

These are great! Your fascination with these ancient works is rather contagious

Thank you for the tour! 👌🙂

Some fascinating artifacts, and great to see the amount of visitors interested in them!

I feel like I could spend days in that room.

Walking around like you own the place! You sure do know your stuff. Would love to see more of these types of videos.

Genuinely loved this tour

Thanks so much for this. I found that one could spend a month in the British Museum and not begin to see it all. With you as a guide, it would be impressive!

Great Video

Fascinating, thank you.

Im just amazed on the very high level of artistry the ancient romans have..

This was awesome, I visited the british museum last year and it would have been so much better with this kind of tour!

Wonderful tour, thanks for taking us along! That alligator armor sure is striking!!

Wonderful stuff!

Fascinating. More museum tours, please.

Wow! Thanks for this!

Great video!

Very nice! I'm surprised they let you go in with your backpack.

Thank you Gavin !

So crowded. I can remember going in the eighties into the museum on a weekay, and it was nearly empty once you got past the entrance lobby and ground floor rooms.

Awesome video. Thank you for this educational video friend.

Great Video man!

ive wanted to see what things we've collected and have on display, next time im in england ill do the full tour

Very cool.

I could have lived without the close-up of the cup.

🙏 thanks!

Bravo 👏🏼

Was there last February, and plan to be there again in a couple of weeks. Will try to check out again the items showcased here.

Thanks for the tour of a few items in the British Museum. The only thing I could suggest to improve tours like this one is dates when available so that we can have some context of the time the artifacts came from.

LOVE YOU BEING IN THE VIDEO SO COOL !

You kinda look like an ancient roman yourself

Thanks, and some suggestions. Consider wearing a microphone for better sound quality. Please film a visit to Trier, one of the most Roman places I know outside of Italy.

u are so cool

I devoured this with the utmost glee

3:38 Some of the best mosaics of seafood, or sea life, are in Tunisia at the Bardo and the Sousse Archaeological Museum. They're incredibly realistic and are the size of gallery walls. Some even feature creepy deities with crab claws poking out of their beards looking like something straight out of The Thing.

Noooo way you were in London! I’d of loved to have met you #fanboy

tough to film in such a crowded environment, well done!

Lovely to see lots of loot well preserved!

Try walking around the Getty Villa in Malibu with your backpack like that. You (and everyone else) will be told to wear it backwards or carry it like a briefcase. One must protect the "art".

Do you narrate other channels ? Your voice is familiar. Like ToldInStone

It is, as always, very interesting to listen to this scholar. However, in this case it would have been better to appreciate more minutely the pieces he speaks about. Congratulations.

A fantastic video! Big fan of your work, though I believe this is my first time watching a video from you 'Scenic Routes' channel. If I may give a small critique, however, if you have more plans on doing sort of "guided walkthrough tours" like this, would be to invest in a cheap lavalier microphone. It would improve the levels between your voice and the sound around you greatly. I am not sure of your camera setup, but many have a wireless receiver that can clip to the camera, with the transceiver and microphone proper being worn on your belt and lapel/shirt neck hole respectively. If your current setup doesn't support that, than a separate recording device with a lavalier mic would also work wonders on audio quality, though for higher cost since its two pieces of kit instead of one. Sorry if you already know this, I just hope this would help if you did not!

Very interesting to see! I would have liked better audio though, perhaps a good lavalier microphone would work better in such conditions, as the volume of your voice constantly changes as you move your head and assume different positions at different pieces. Also, I had the feeling that some of the pieces were rushed through, and some of them weren't shown very well to the camera. If you got these points fixed, it would be awesome to join you on tour!

Blimey! How the other half lived!

Do the fitzwilliam next!

Augustus' successor was not Germanicus (1:24) , it was Tiberius. Germanicus might have been the second emperor but died early.

With this hair cut.....you look like a roman, too !

Seems real busy there

Epic

I think it better to visit Europe during the winter.. too many tourists often detract from the ambiance.

Cool

nice idea to take us to the museum..thks ….just if your camera men could rather focus on the artifacts you are mentionnng would be great😊

The Vindolanda birthday invitation still gives me goosebumps. Claudia Severa to her Lepidina greetings. On 11 September, sister, for the day of the celebration of my birthday, I give you a warm invitation to make sure that you come to us, to make the day more enjoyable for me by your arrival, if you are present. Give my greetings to your Cerialis. My Aelius and my little son send him their greetings. I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper,and hail. To Sulpicia Lepidina, wife of Cerialis, from Severa.

Took advantage of the trip to catch the coronation per chance?

I think a wireless mic would help tremendously it was tough to hear

Are you also the creator of ToldInStone? If not, your voice sounds just like the narrator of that channel 😊

This is Boudiccas final revenge. The Brits creating a bigger Empire than your former Roman colonizer. And now displaying their Artifacts in your Museum 😎 Well played chaps.

If you ever hold a guided museum tour sign me up! 👍👍

Love your videos but the audio really needs to be louder.

We did not get a good look at Augustus. Your cameraman should have walked to the left about three feet and recorded him from the front for us to see. Too bad.

Could have had closer camera shots

Please sort your sound out its to low .

I do enjoy the so called mundane artifacts- they speak do loudly about life, such as that little pig. Thank you. I would never be able to see such things otherwise.

Did you get all those people to sign releases? ;)

Let me joke about how at least this treasure is not steal because remain inside the land of the empire XP

Collectors…. Or raiders….. hmmm

Hi, I'm Italian, more precisely I'm Tuscan and I'm curious how it is possible that a very important piece of history of my Region (Etruscan Sarcophagus) can be in the British Museum? I'd like to know how this was achieved, Thanks

you have been hitting the iron, havent you Garrentt it shows in the muscular upper body. goof for you

YO A cheap collar microphone wil help alot

Whoa you look nervous.

we gotta get you a shotgun, lav mic, or somethin!

Why don't you show the artifacts instead of your face? Couldn't see them, turned it off min 2.

You should buy a lapel mic or something. Hard to hear you.