Anubis & Other Fancies : day 46 #100daysofwriting

Our family took a little excursion to the Tutankhamun exhibition that is currently at Grand West.

Mom was in her element with all her twelve year old fantasies coming true - love sharing experiences with passionate people!

I sat down at one point and contemplated multiple layers of protection covering the mummy. Three shrines, a stone sarcophagus and three gold ones. All seven levels back tightly like Russian stacking dolls and I'm not very sure how he got in there in the first place, nor how archaeologists got him out without smashing everything.

I can't imagine knowing that my body would be hidden away like that, even if I believed I'd be passing to another life. I certainly would be appalled to know that 3000 years after my death that some one would dig me up and examine my remains. They unwrapped the mummy for goodness sake! It's all really interesting but goodness me!

Admittedly when the model of the mummy only went down to "pre-unwrapped stage" I did start looking around for a photo or replica of his true mummy face!

I also really loved the statues of the gods found in the tomb... Could do some seriously trendy decorating with some of those pieces! I'm totally obsessed with a statue of Anubis.

Go see it if you get a chance xx

Heritage #100creativedays Day 90

I went onto the website of a rather posh international brand today, and the surname of their South African MD caught my eye. Its the same as mine. Someone else in their management team has the same surname too.

Thanks to the wonder of the internet, in under 5 minutes I knew where he'd grown up, where he lives now and seen photos of his family. His son seems to have the family nose. His birth place matches the legends of where "we" landed in South Africa. Could it be...

My mom has done some investigation into our family trees. I feel very compelled to further the research. I have some pretty insane online stalker skills... Shall I add this to my growing list of future projects?
I feel strangely excited at the prospect. Like a journalist...