I want my mummy!

Well last Saturday half of the 4Cs took a day trip to Dallas to visit mummy dearest. Cruft and his trophy fiance joined me and my sweet wife on an excursion that took us 190 miles north and 3,200 years into history.

The Dallas Museum of Art is hosting the King Tut Exhibit presented by the National Geographic Society. The exhibit opened back last November and will close and move on in May. This is an amazing show, and although we didn't get to see Tut's actual head piece or his sarcophagus but we did get to see some of his personal possessions that were buried with him. Such as one of his ceremonial daggers, the crown he wore while he was alive and a beautiful chest piece.

There was a sarcophagus and a "death" mask, those belonging to Tjuyu, Tut's grandfather. There were artifacts from other family members as well, wall carvings of his father, miniature sarcophagus of his still-born sister. There were also canopic jars of his mother's and various items found in his family's court.

I am still trying to wrap my brain around how old these artifacts truly are. These items are over 3,200 years old, remember the United States is less than 250 years old and Europe has only been aware of the "New" world for just over 500 years. And what is even more mind-blowing is that when King Tut came to power the pyramids of Giza, outside Cairo, were already 1,000 years old. We are talking OLD.

It was a terrific trip, and we will be going back to the Dallas Museum of Arts to see the other permanent exhibits. We are also planning a trip to the Witte Museum in San Antonio in April.