When I told Tiger that we were going to see some mummies at the British Museum, his immediate response (although he knew full well that I meant the Ancient Lives exhibition) was, "Are they homeschooling mummies?"
"Well, I suppose you can say they were homeschooled, since mass schooling didn't exist in those days," I replied.
The British Museum's Egyptian mummies gallery is easily the most crowded gallery at any time. It is always packed with tourists, visitors, and school groups. This time, the exhibition focuses on the latest technology made available to historians and archaeologists to study the insides of the mummies without unwrapping the linen.
I am blown away by the clarity of images and the amount of new information that is made available for further research because of the use of CT scans.
Since this is a "revision" topic for us (we studied ancient Egypt in Year 1), we also reviewed the ancient Egyptian's mummification process:
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"Well, I suppose you can say they were homeschooled, since mass schooling didn't exist in those days," I replied.
The British Museum's Egyptian mummies gallery is easily the most crowded gallery at any time. It is always packed with tourists, visitors, and school groups. This time, the exhibition focuses on the latest technology made available to historians and archaeologists to study the insides of the mummies without unwrapping the linen.
I am blown away by the clarity of images and the amount of new information that is made available for further research because of the use of CT scans.
Since this is a "revision" topic for us (we studied ancient Egypt in Year 1), we also reviewed the ancient Egyptian's mummification process:
This post is linked up to:
