Mummies

We went to the opening of the Egyptian exhibit at the Science Spectrum, free for members. I was expecting something a little more hands on, I guess. It was actually a traveling exhibit of artifacts and replicas that were used in making the movie that is also currently showing at the Omni theaters. We walked through the one room of cases, but the kids didn't even stop to look at anything. We did manage to take a couple of pictures.

Ellen colored at the craft table set up for kids with Egypt-related crafts like writing your name in hieroglyphics and making an Egyptian paper doll. The museum staff at the table passed out supplies and tidbits of Egyptian information. Did you know silver was prized more than gold because silver was harder to come by? Did you know Egyptians liked wearing colorful clothing and gemstones? Did you know most Egyptians wore wigs? I had to ask what the wigs were made of. The answer? Mostly animal hair, but also papyrus. As in the stuff they also wrote on. Who knew?