Egypt…once upon a time.

I’m sure a lot of you are wondering when I’m going to actually post something somewhat interesting and not just more pictures of the Nile or talk about food, although both are important, today is your lucky day and the posts are only going to get better from here. Some things are not to be photographed because cameras are not allowed in the museum, but you know your boy, rules are made to be broken. Just kidding, I’m not a bad kid…thanks to mom and dad, but I know how to bend them although this time I didn’t know we weren’t suppose to take cameras in, because my guide was encouraging to take as many pictures as possible and I put my camera through security but I guess they missed it. The point was brought home though after I got kicked out of one of the exhibits for taking a picture of King Tut, but no harm done.

So, today after class I went to the museum with a couple people from school and a couple of the teachers/guides. First off, I will say that to walk through and see all of the ancient tombs, mummies, gold jewelry, furniture, sculptures, etc., is one of the all time best experiences in my life. I’ve always been fascinated with history and to be standing by some of those things was absolutely amazing and I highly recommend if given the opportunity go see it sometime. Also we were on the fence about paying another 60LE which is like $10 (damn I’ve gotten cheap) to go see the mummy exhibit of 24 past emperors, kings, queens, etc. but I am glad I did and if you ever find yourself in the same predicament whether or not to see the mummies or to buy a sandwich with that money, I think you know what I recommend. Shawermas (sandwiches) are good though. It was pretty surreal to be standing next to these people who lived about 4,000 years ago and that ruled one of the greatest ancient empires ever.

I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking because I can’t really do the experience justice with my writing and unfortunately my pictures aren’t that good, but it was an undercover operation.

I can't tell who is more stiff? I do know I'm more chiseled though.

The entrance...right after you dodge security with your camera

A large sculpure

This is a gold tomb

Solid granite minus the part where you put the cofin and boby in.

My arm was stretched over my head so it was about 5' 7" tall

Silver Cofin
Horus is the Gods name

My piece and chain (fancy word for necklace grandma) wait that's King Tut's

King Tut

More of Tut. He died doing the Macarena, arms crossed an all!

Tuts mask, and than I got kicked out

I see dead people.
Mummies

I knew I should have got out of the sun faster.

This is Ramses III i think

Ramses II