Sunday, January 03, 2010
spend my 2nd day of new year at National Museum!!
It was really worth it!! Though, its a waste i didnt bring my camera...
Thanks to YC, i get to go and see!! i am always interested in Egypt...
there are just too many mysteries and great history behind all the art...
Went there and get to read about some of the artefacts in detail!
(YC is gonna work there soon, envious of him! kyaa~)
his mom works there, so he is helping out..
that is where i got all the details from...
i had some understanding of the artefacts and part of the history...
but it was even btr to see it upclose.. esp knowing, that they use limestones to make the sculptures..
and the process of mummification (shown on discovery channel before)...
since all the artefacts are old, some had certain parts missing...
awed by all of them, but the one of the main feature, is the real mummy of a women...
i rmb coming across it before.. she was mummified but there are two infants with her..
assume to be 25 to 35 years old and she is a mistress, probably given birth before or after the process...
there was also a possibility that it was done when she was still alive.. O.O
the only sad thing is, they didnt do the mummification well, therefore there are some broken bones...
there was also a mummification of animals: i saw 3!
a cat
a sparrowhawk
and a crocodile
the one that looks more like a human is the sparrowhawk..
a much much smaller version... >.<
besides that, there are of course the accessories and their tombs in their scriptures...
which is seriously amazing! its like a code and it can be written left to right or right to left...
how cool is that?? other than that is their amulets and their mummy cases...
they really believe a lot in the after life.. there are even explanations of the ka and ba!
ka meaning their present bodies and ba meant for their soul...
there a lot more but its damn late and i gonna sleep before i miss classes again like i did on weds!
damn!
I'M OUT!!!
LOVES YA'LL!!!
~aisasha danie~
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