Saturday, May 9, 2015

History Class at San Jose Egyptian Museum



Model of the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel.
A replica of Queen Nefertiti, still amazing after thousands of years. 
My cat Miti would be quite at home in ancient Egypt.
A mummy, I couldn't resist taking a photo.
A replica of the Law Code of Hammurabi. I read about it in my high school history class. I didn't realize it was carved in stone.
Details of the Hammurabi Code. I had a strong urge to touch it, to feel history in my hands.
Cuneiform tablets, the earliest known human writings.
An Assyrian king. Wait, is he wearing an Apple watch? 
I can never get tired of seeing the cat artifacts of the museum.  




Fascinating BBC mini-series, dramatizing the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. After watching it, I decide to visit the Egyptian museum again.


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