I want my Mummie

We went to see the Egyptology exhibit at the South Australian Museum today (the last day) with the kids. Very interesting exhibit. When they were preparing the body they removed all the organs except the heart. The brain (considered unimportant) was pulled out through the nose. Highly skilled according to a contemporary American mummieologist, who recently conducted the first mummification for thousands of years. It makes you wonder what happened to such an interesting and complex society. The kids were alternately spooked by some of the more gruesome displays and intrigued by the whole process of death and the afterlife. For me, it made me think about some of the current wierd unpleasant stuff from that region.