Did you know I was going to major in Archaeology at "Uni"? I subscribed to Archaeology magazines in High school and studied all I could. Then I got to BYU and realized that my lifelong desire wasn't really what I wanted. I wanted to study living people, not dead ones, so I switched to Anthropology, but I still have a love of artifacts and especially mummies.
At our Natural History Museum there is a really interesting exhibit called Secrets of the Silk Road. We are one of only 3 museums in the US to be getting this exhibit and it was really interesting. I couldn't take pictures and didn't even think of taking any of the kids before or after, so you'll have to do with these pictures of a couple of the mummies. This one is a baby but the main one, The Beauty of Xiaohe (this is a link with pictures and good info) was too scary for Grace to look at so I won't put it on here either.
The kids favorite part was the 4,000 year old mummified spring roll, wanton, and flower cookies. Ok. I liked them too. 
3 comments:
Hi, I didn´t know that about you. I also love history very much. Ancient Greece and Egypt are my favorites.
I really enjoy reading your blog, Yen.
Oooh, I love it. And mummies always make me think of you. In a good way.
Oh, I wish I could see this exhibit! It sounds so cool (from one Anthro major to another.)
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