Quest for Immortality

This time Jesse and I went to the exhibition of the ancient Egypt!

We saw 4 mummies in total, including a prince, a probably eight-year-old girl, an anonymous mummy whose bandage is disassembled, and an ordinary people. Other stuffs like, coffins, a simulated mausoleum and mortuary objects. We found that Egyptians are superstitious, they believe in an afterlife, they make mummies because they think that if they pass the test after they died, they could come back to this world and use the same body they used to use in this life.

In the exposition, the most memorable part to me is the video which shows how they examine the mummies and how they make sure the mummy's social position. By using today's technology, these experts could also build up the mummy's face. How amazing! In the video, they told us that if the person is died from any disease, the Egyptians would cut of the infected organs in order to let this person to be born healthily in his afterlife. They use gold in almost everything, this is because they think that gold is the element that is closest to God. When they do so, they think they would look better or have a better life in their afterlife. They are really superstitious. Below are some pictures:

The exposition is held under this building!

-The Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall-

This is one of the mummy shown in the exposition.

-The son of Ramesses II-

This mummy is an 8-year-old girl,

who is only one arm long.

We can tell that she is not from a very poor family

since she is wrapped carefully.

The cause of her death is due to some diseases in her spinal.

This is one of the coffin we saw in the exhibition.

Lastly, the Canopic jars,

they are made for the purpose of storing the organs.

Even though in the later stage,

the Egyptians tend to put the organs back to the mummy's body,

they will still be put in to the coffin.

These four jars are the most favorite exhibits to us.

Thank you for spending your time reading my post!! =)

(All pictures are taken from the Internet,

since pictures are not allowed to be taken in the exposition)