I’m certainly not an Egyptologist,
Then forget it. I'm outta here.
Well... okay, I'll stay and read along anyway.
But it's under protest.
ever since the King Tut exhibit in the 1970s came to visit San Jose, I’ve had a small obsession.
I picture you rubbing your hands together gleefully.
The series describes in detail their work in various important sites in Egypt while solving murders and participating in other adventures.
That sounds like a fun series!
The author also wove real persons of the time into the series including Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon, and many others.
Am I slightly obsessed because I knew who they were without Googling?
So the King Tut exhibition is at the California Science Center in the heart of Los Angeles until January 2019.
Hmmm.... So I have 'til January....
The movie was kind of corny, and actually the aerial shots gave me slight motion sickness. I would skip this next time.
Good to know.
Sorry about that, though.
This art on the wall is not actual artifacts, but some are reproductions of the art on the walls in the tomb.
I would think it'd be problematic to bring an entire wall.
Because Tutankhamun died so suddenly not all the walls of his tomb were covered in murals.
Huh. I didn't know that. I assumed the opposite. That the walls were all done
after his death.
In hieroglyphs the name Tutankhamun was typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name at the beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence.
Interesting!
Uh... I think I might have said that several times as I read this update.
Boats were a very important method of transport to travel up and down the Nile to visit Tutankhamun's vast kingdom.
Weren't they also placed as a vessel for traveling from this world to the next?
It's somewhat difficult to make out, but in the headboard various gods and goddesses are depicted, they would presumably assist the king in the afterlife.
Inter.... oh, you know.
The top one is a silver trumpet with a gold mouthpiece with the king's name inscribed on it. The bottom item is a wooden insert to help the trumpet keep its shape while not in use.
Beautiful.
The trumpet may not have been played in antiquity, but it was played in 1939 for a BBC broadcast.
Really!
The player damaged the instrument by trying to use a modern mouthpiece on the horn.
OMG. You've got to be kidding.
Unbelievable.
Then again... I note the date. People weren't
quite as careful back then I suspect.
If any of you know any trumpet players, you'll understand when I say, “It figures, trumpet players.”
Nope. But I get the gist.
Wow, that's really pretty. Ornate.
He is shown walking as was common for Male figures of the day. Females were always pictured standing still.
I wonder why that is?
His body is depicted in black to symbolize rebirth as this is the color of the soil deposited by the annual Nile floodwaters bringing new soil and prosperity.
Never knew that. Huh!
I needn't mention that all the gold you see is actual gold gilding.
There's plenty. Think they would miss some of it?
This gilded figure of the king with a harpoon on a papyrus raft has tons of symbolism, but unless you understand the relationship of Horus and Seth. I'll just leave it that this is a pretty statue.
Sadly... no I don't. I've heard of Horus, but not Seth.
His presence in the king's tomb is explained that Spell 23 of the book of the Dead calls for Ptah to open and close the mouths of the dead so that they may eat.
Great... now I'm hungry.
(And... yes.... interesting!)
Traditionally, there were four jars, one for each of the following organs: stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver.
I find it curious that the heart is not included. It plays such an important role in modern society.
This is a replica of the mask that was on the mummy. The mask no longer leaves Egypt as it is too fragile to be transported.
Not surprised, as it was broken.
The mummy was found wearing these gilded sandals, and the finger and toe caps.
Huh!
“In ancient Egyptian religion, the sun god Ra is seen to roll across the sky each day, transforming bodies and souls. Beetles of the Scarabaeidae family (dung beetle) roll dung into a ball as food and as a brood chamber in which to lay eggs; this way, the larvae hatch and are immediately surrounded by food. For these reasons the scarab was seen as a symbol of this heavenly cycle and of the idea of rebirth or regeneration.”
So that's why they're so important! Never could figure out what the connection was.
I kept asking Fran to scan it in, but she never got to it so excuse the thumb in the shot.
That's the best part.
"Walk like and Egyptian"
He sat next to the tomb for the rest of his life making a living allowing tourists to take pictures with him.
Interesting way to make a buck. Lots of his ancestors following along in that tradition, I believe.
By the time we finished our purchases in the gift shop
Whatcha get?
made a White Chicken Coq au Vin in the Instant Pot
How was it?
I haven't used my Instant Pot for a while.
Holy crap that looks good!
I promise! See you Friday!
And now all my lemons are gone. I think a critter picked them. 
