Sorry that I haven’t written in a few days. It has been a busy week. Well last weekend, Traveler had a soccer game. They were missing 2 players and they were the better players on the team so we got beat for the first time but it was okay. They had tons of fun.

This is the boys at the entrance of the museum:

After that we took advantage of the free Museum Day. We took a trip down to the Michael Carlos Museum in Atlanta on the Emory University property. They had artworks and artifacts from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, The Ancient Americas, Africa, Mesopotamia and I think that is it.

One of the open Mummies

Since we did Ancient Egypt just last year and Mr. Athletic just finished Ancient Greece (he is on Ancient Rome now) and Lover of History decided to pick Greece up too, we decided it would be great timing.

Roman Bust

Boy, we were just amazed and the kids loved it, especially Lover of History (yep his name fits him well). He was like a kid in a candy store. Sometimes it is almost overwhelming not only for him but for me, because he goes ninety to nothing in talking and just zooms all over the place. All of this stuff he has learned and is packed away in that brain of his, just comes flooding out (and I mean flooding). Lover of History loved interpreting the writings on the 6 mummies on display. He also was telling us the difference between them. The first one was a commoner, because it was a plain coffin with minimal writing. The second one (out in the hallway) was someone of importance.

It was a plain mummy, but had a golden mask, and he determined that. He was also able to figure out that the mummies had been re-wrapped because he said, “that wasn’t traditional Egyptian wrapping.” Lover went in the largest room where there were 4 more mummies. He was able to determine that two of them were of royalty, because they were the largest.

Queen of Nubia Sarcaughagus

They were “nesting” sarcaugagi. Another words they had 2-3 within each other, so that hopefully they would prevent their coffin from being broken into by a tomb robber. One conversation with Lover of History was great when we got to the gift store. There was a lady there and I overheard her say, “What is a Scarab?” The other lady said, “Well it is a beetle.” (Um, duh, it is made out like a beetle. I could have told her that). Well the first lady said, “Well, I wished I knew what it meant.” The other lady had no clue. So I asked Lover to come over and explain it to her. Here is his explanation:”A scarab was a bettle that was placed within the wrappings of the mummy as a good luck charm. They believed that it was used to ward off bad spirits while they were in the afterlife.” The lady had this blank look on her face, and said, “How did you get so smart?” Lover said, “I read a lot and I love Egypt.” She then said, “And so, can I have your phone number so that the next time I go to a museum, I can call you to ask you what something is?” It was a great moment for me and for him! Here are some pictures from that day.

Greecian Vase