Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Egyptology

I also visited the castle's Egyptology museum. There are a few mummies, lots of great small artifacts, and some papyrus, too.

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They had the mummies separate from the coffins and sarcophagi, it was cool to get to see the painting and engravings on the insides of the coffins.

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The amulets and shabti section had a lot of cool stuff. I learned a bit about the amulets, including this tyet or Isis knot, which has a meaning of life and welfare.

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