Tuesday, August 28, 2012

King Tut

This exhibit was AMAZING.  I'm still bummed I didn't realize my ISO was so low.  I could have gotten much clearer pictures, but I'm glad I've got what I do.  I promise I did narrow down which pictures I put up.  I have a ton more.

Both girls were SO good during this.  I was super impressed with them.  It took us 2 1/2 hours to go through it and we couldn't leave and come back.  Not once did I hear a complaint about being bored.  NOT ONCE in 2 1/2 hours.  In the treasury (almost the end) I did hear about feet hurting but that was it.  They both loved it. :)

First, we saw an IMAX movie that was really cool.  Then we got some lunch in the cafeteria before our tickets into the actual exhibit started.

This was my first view of the Space Needle.


Before the IMAX started we wondered around a bit.  These were fun.



This is a statue of the Pharaoh that the great pyramid was built for.


This is a canopic jar

Look!  They had toilets back then!

This is the sarcophagus for King Tut's cat

This is a HUGE statue of King Tut



Another HUGE statue.  This one of Amenhotep IV, King Tut's father.  Also known as Akanonton.


Osiris

An inner coffin of a Queen

A golden mask of somebody or other
A map of the tomb

Things found in the antechamber


King Tut's bed.  He actually slept with his feet toward what I would have thought was the head.


What King Tut's cartouche means



A chair he used

This was a little game.  LITTLE game.  It looked pretty cool though.


This boat was supposed to grow to life-size in the after-life.  Why it hasn't yet is probably still bothering Tut.


This is the lid that went over a canopic jar.


A picture of Howard Carter looking at the sarcophagus

This cool thing held feathers for a fan

The amulets found on King Tut

His golden sandles

Toe and finger protecters



A replica of King Tut's mummy