The British Museum's touring exhibition of 270 of some of its best artifacts opens in Hong Kong today, including a Leonardo da Vinci drawing, an Egyptian mummy and two of the world's oldest tools.``Treasures of the World's Cultures from the British Museum'' has exhibits from stone-age Europe, ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Americas, Africa and Asia on show until Dec. 2 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Kowloon.
``The museum aims to reach a broader worldwide audience,'' Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Director Thomas Chow said at a packed preview of the event late yesterday.
Highlights include 2 million-year-old ``chopping stones'' from Africa, a drawing of a nude man by Da Vinci, an Egyptian mummy board from 945 BC called the ``Unlucky Mummy'' because of a supposed curse; and a Nordic walrus-ivory chess piece found in Scotland.
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