Essay About Egyptian Exhibit And Egyptian Exhibiti

Egyptian Exhibit
Anth360-01-Fall2014 – Extra credit 1: Egyptian ExhibitI had an Egyptian exhibit at The Museum of Man on November 7. There was not much things to see in the museum, so the exhibit took me about 45 minutes. I walked through the gateway, the first thing I saw was a bulletin board with described ancient Egypt. Then I saw a board which said what is a mummy? Opposite to the board was a glass case which contained two mummies from 1332 B.C. When I went to the right side of the room, I saw another board that talked about real mummies, and two basic types of mummies. I also saw a Lemon Grove Mummy in a glass case next to the board. Then I walked to the left side of the room and saw some mummy masks, mummy coffins, and some usual object of ancient Egyptian. The things that I saw during Egyptian exhibit are not totally strange to me because I had seen some of them on TV such as mummy masks, mummy coffins, and ancient Egyptians objects. However, the exhibit was still interesting because I had learned more about mummy and ancient Egypt. For example, I was a bit scared when I saw Peruvian Child Mummies. It was small and curled up. Before the exhibit, I only saw mummy coffins on TV, and they looked beautiful, so I was  surprised when I saw the real mummies. I also astonished about unwrapping mummy information. I knew all the mummies were wrapped but I did not know the real reason. I did not think the wrapping was the most important thing for mummy. I thought the mummy was protected because ancient Egyptian had taken out their organs, and the wrap just made the mummies look more beautiful. Overall, I learn a lot of new information from the exhibit. It was great.