Travel/Voyager/سافر/यात्रा करना: When Carnarvon asked him if he saw anything, Howard Carter replied: "Yes, wonderful things".

King Tut lyrics By Steve Martin

Now, when I die,
now don't think I'm a nut,
don't want no fancy funeral,
just one like ole king Tut. (King Tut)

This morning's adventure was a private tour w/ our Egyptologist Hala, at the Cairo Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, before it opened to the general public. Among the many relics we saw, probably the most famous and recognizable one was the funerary mask of King Tut. No cameras were allowed. So, these pictures are from the internet, because I follow camera rules.

The King Tut Mask weighs ten kilos or 24lbs of solid gold. 'nuff said

The museum was built on the plans of French architect Marcel Dourgnon and inaugurated in 1902, the museum is located on Tahrir Square in Cairo today. Honestly, I was like a kid in a candy store, trying to absorb everything. I felt like Charlie in Wonka's factory. I kept waiting for Slugworth to offer me an everlasting amulet or canopic jar but no luck on that. No one even asked me to mummify a chicken either.

The artifacts were wonderful and in abundance. Now, don't let the neoclassical outside of the museum trick you, like Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop. It seemed to me like no one had really changed anything since it opened in 1902. Even the description cards seemed to have been there and not updated since 1902. Anything new added to the collection felt like they said,...uhhh, put it over there for now. And if you can't find a spot, put it somewhere outside." Not much rhyme or reason but still glorious. Kinda like getting the old, frumpy teacher for second grade when all of your friends got the new, young glamorous teacher. But Mrs. Frumpydrawers ended up being a fantastic teacher and one of your favorites. You still hang the candy-cane ornament she gave you 35 years ago on your Christmas tree. Well, that's how the museum seemed to me, like Mrs. Frumpydrawers, wonderful and I'll love her forever!

The next stop was the carpet school. I'll spare you all of my creative writing other than to say it's where they teach young Egyptians how to hand weave carpets on looms with silk & wool. Look for the Youtube. This is how fast her hands were really flying. It was amazing to watch this delicate art of knot tying of threads of silk, and have it end up a gorgeous rug.