My trip to the Ancient Egyptian afterlife

Since I wrote about visiting the Egyptian exhibition at the ArtScience Museum, I thought I would upload a few pictures I captured that day - not many as I was too engrossed in the artefacts, plus we aren't suppose to take pictures of the artefacts.

Entrance into the exhibition hall

Two of the ArtScience Museum employees showing us how mummification was done in Ancient Egypt

Film of the virtual unwrapping of the mummy of Nesperennub

One of my two absolute favourite artefacts on display that day: "Sandstone stela of a God's Wife of Amun dating to the 26th Dynasty from Thebes"

My second absolute favourite artefact on display that day: "Shabtis ranging from the 18th to 25th Dynasty"

The souvenir shop - where I basically spent all my money

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Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb

On the 4th of May 2013, I had the privilege to travel to Singapore and visit the "Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb" exhibition. This was my first Egyptian exhibition, so I did not know what to expect except that I would have an amazing time, since one of the top 5 items on my bucket list is to visit an Egyptian exhibition. (checked!)

The exhibition features over a 100 artefacts including 6 mummies - 4 human mummies and 2 animal mummies. The main star of the exhibition is a priest from the 22nd Dynasty (Thebes); Nesperennub. His coffin has not been opened and his mummy remains wrapped, but thanks to technology, the exhibition begins with a film of the virtual unwrapping of Nesperennub.

If you are in Singapore or nearby enough to travel to Singapore, from now till 4 November 2013, and are interested in history or just curious, I highly suggest you take a trip down the Egyptian afterlife and visit the exhibition at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands.


For more information:

Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb at the ArtScience Museum


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