Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Walk like an Egyptian

Last night Val and I went to the King Tutt exhibit at the O2. The O2 is a very large and very cool venue that hosts concerts, has lots of restaurants, has a movie theater, and a skating rink inside; think Mall of America style minus the shops. Anyway, because we took a detour to get tickets for ice skating on Saturday, we were an hour late, but they let us in anyway. It was really cool to see all the artifacts found cleaned up and so in-tact after 3200 years. They showcased a chair from before King Tutt's time that still had the original weaving for the seat. It's incredible to think that something that old is still in tact. But, we walked through all these exhibits, and the mummy of King Tutt was no where to be found! Not only was he absent, but his sarcophagi wasn't there (there were 7!), and none of his wrappings or anything. There were some artifacts of things found with him (right next to him), but he wasn't there. So while it was a fun exhibit, I'm not sure it's worth the price we paid to go without Tutt. Dang. Oh well. Only 10 days left in London.