Day at the Museum

I've been wanting to go see an exhibit at our local museum as it is only going to be there until April. It's called the Afterlife: Tombs & Treasures of Ancient Egypt. So I decided to drag my husband there on Valentine's Day. I enjoyed it. He was yawning three quarters of the way into the tour. They also have a small aquarium there. Here's some pics. Hope you enjoy the quick tour. It was hard to get good pictures as most everything was encased in glass.

 Doesn't this one look like it's smiling?

 A Hawk mummy. Period is 664-30 BC

 Front is Bronze figure of Bastet. Age is 664-525 BC

Rear is a cat mummy. Period 664 BC - AD 100

 Set of Canopic jars. Age 1186-715 BC. These jars held the

internal organs from the body during mummification.

 Panesittawy Coffin and wrapped mummy. Age 1069-322 BC. This coffin

belonged to a man named Panesittawy but the mummy inside was that of

a woman. Apparently it was common for this to happen.

 This is the mummy of a 2 1/2 year old girl. Age 100 BC- AD 100.

It was determined she died of appendicitis. A CT scan also showed

that her hair had been perfectly braided beneath her gilded mask.

 This mummy was discovered to be the man of the son of the 

great Pharaoh Rameses II. Age 1295-1186 BC. His body was discovered inside the

coffin (underneath him) of the Chantress of Amun Tayuhenet. He lived 300 years before

her. It is believed that the coffin was used to rebury him or possibly was just placed

in the coffin to make it more interesting. Like I was told, this seemed to happen a lot.