I meant to write about my trip to the Science Museum but completely spaced it out.
During the Fourth of July holidays, i went to the Minnesota Science Museum for King Tut Exhibition.
The Science Museum was not pack since I went on a weekday, a Tuesday, July 5. The wait to get my tickets was speedy. it was my first time to the museum. For some reason, I find the place too modern! I must be a very archaic person!!!!
I went for the whole package: Omnitheater and exhibition with audio player. My timing was perfect. By the time I got to the ticket booth for King Tut’s tickets the guy told me the show is starting in5 minutes. The show, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs is about the ancient Eygpt and how scientists are preserving them, etc. The show lasted about 30 minutes.
After the show, I went “touring” the place inside out. Below are views surrounding the museum.
Mississippi river
The entrance to all the exhibits: fossils, insects, tug boats, geology, and so many more I cannot even remember now!!! My bad for not writing this down after I came home! 
The entrance to King Tut’s exhibits. You can see the line was empty. So I thought there are no one waiting and I would be the only soul going in!!! Fat chance, there were so many people are already inside, just that they only allow visitors to go in at certain times. I bought the fare for audio tour, so I picked up the gadget which looks like a cordless phone but with a cord to hang round your neck. The audio was narrated by Harrison Ford and more detail narration about a certain exhibits (about a dozen of them) which narrated by Dr. Zahi Hawass. No pictures, food, drinks and photography are allowed. Such a bummer. What you see on the pictures above are from the pamphlet given to me at the ticket booth. And majority of the relics are replicas. However, the treasure found in King Tut’s tomb are real. Like his chair (on the picture I took from the flyer above), bed, like the fan thingy which I have no idea what the exact name is.
The exhibit starts from the history of the Old Kingdom – maps of the kingdoms, the first to the last pharaohs from the Old, Middle and new Kingdoms. Artifacts are replicas made from different stones during those times. The exhibit also brings you to the history of the Royal Family, the 1st female pharaoh (in the Old Kingdom), their feline pets, jewelry, servants, death, mummification, history on King Tut, and finally the discovery of King Tut’s tomb and treasure. His tomb was at the Valley of the Kings and was intact for 3 thousand years. Many robbers robbed other tombs except King Tut’s.
There was an actual humongous statue of King Tut on exhibit. When i stood in front of it, it feels like I was really in Eygpt looking at it. The color on the statue was fading and some parts I could barely see the color, plus some parts like the feet were chipped off. The death and mummification process are so interesting. It tells about the chief embalmer who wears a jackal mask that represents Anubis, who is the God of mummification. Anubis is sure an eerie looking thing. The 4 canopic jars where the organs are kept i cannot remember if they are the real deal or replicas. The four jars are for the liver, lungs, intestines and stomach. The brain is pulled out through the nose and the only organ left intact is the heart which is the organ for intelligence and needed for afterlife. The process of mummification was super interesting.
The very last of the exhibit was the exact replica of King Tut’s mummy. You can see the YouTube vid on how they did the replica. I am still fascinated with the Eygptian history and mummification. The museum actually had an experiment mummification. They used a chicken as an experiment. If you are curious like me, click here to see the process.
It was well worth the price of the ticket. I spent about 4 hours in total at the museum.
This morning DB told me he threw up the chicken around 1:30 am. He wanted to go for his walk when I took the other two out this morning. He came along, did his business and again, seem too tired to go any farther. I brought him home, but I can see he wants to go with the other two. It’s so painful to see him this way.
