Tut

Oh wow!  So went to see the Tut exhibit in Seattle, last two days.....

The display was quite small, as a percentage of what of is held by the Cairo Museum.  Probably the only reason I can think of to even go to Cairo for more than a plane stop - and then go somewhere else.  Not my favorite place.

The Eqyptian collection at the British Museum is quite outstanding.  But, there is this tiny museum in Glasgow, Scotland which rates Kris' - this is the finest.....  Why, because it is not a funerary collection, it is a large collect of items used by real people 5,000 years ago as part of their daily lives!

Back to the travellng Tut collection.

There was much carved statuary, vases and boxes.  One of the vases was obviously a zenith of ancient world carving.  Simply stupendous.  It is obviously a toss up now with a goddess carving from 3,500 bc, which is the best?!?!?!?

Wooden beds, chairs, boxes.  Glass statuary and pendants.  Gold and carved carnelian bed necklaces.  A gold funerary mask with lapis insets.  Rings, earrings (call that one gages!).  And, of course, a polyester resin replica of Tuts mummy.

He died at age 19, of unknown causes.  He had fathered two dead daughters.  He parents were Pharoh Aktenaten and Akenaten's sister.  Like his father, he believed in the concept of one God.....

Nothing is actually known of him, he was erased from Egyptian history upon his death.  He was considered a traitor to the plethora of gods, Egypt had worshiped.....

No, it was not a large display, but it was well worth the price through.

Of course a middle eastern meal was called for and I enjoy my ouzo very much.....