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When you go to some largish western art history museum, even not the super major ones, it’s always startling how big the egyptology section is. The amount of ar
by ginko 11mo ago
When you go to some largish western art history museum, even not the super major ones, it’s always startling how big the egyptology section is.
The amount of artifacts in the egyptian museum must be mindboggling.
- raldi 11mo agoImagine if most of the tombs hadn't been melted down over the centuries.
- FridayoLeary 11mo agoAnd the mummies hadn't been eaten. Tutankhamens tomb was exceptional that it was a rush job and hence easily hidden. For all we know there were loads of much grander tombs.
- xenospn 11mo agoIt's been open for a while (not officially), I visited in February. It's huge and has a ton of different displays and amazing artifacts. Considering ancient Egyptian culture has been around for thousands of years, they put our current civilization to shame.
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