A little bit of conservation, entomology, AND Egyptology humor. Thanks to Dr. Naomi Miller for finding this in the 9/25/14 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.gocomics.com/wumo
We love this site from The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at UCL. With a 3D viewer, you can virtually handle some of their highlight objects.
Mystery of the Manchester Museum spinning statuette
This is too good – we had to share it. A Middle Kingdom statuette on display at the Manchester Museum has been inexplicably spinning in it’s exhibit case. To get to the bottom of this, museum staff set up a time lapse camera, which captured the movement over the course of a week. Check it out by clicking on this link.
Mummy playlist
If you’ve been by the Artifact Lab, you may have heard some music playing – and it may have been from our mummy playlist. The playlist includes classics such as Dead Egyptian Blues by Trout Fishing in America, The Bangles Walk Like an Egyptian, and I’m a Mummy by the Fall.
Egypt and the Internet