Yesterday we had a quick tour of THE Museum. We did not even touch all 107 rooms of the place. We did see the King Tut exhibit (which I had seen in 1978 in Washington, DC). We also so lots of wonderful statuary. I learned that if a statue had a curled beard and is standing with his feet together then the person depicted on the statue is dead. If the person has a straight beard and the feet are in a walking type position, then the person is alive and is probably acting as a guard for the deceased inside.
As for Tut--what do you say about a golden mummy case that weighs in at 120 kilos that is covered with precious and semi-precious gems? It's a bit over the top. He was a very minor king. Based on what was found inside his tomb, one can only imagine what was inside the tombs of some really big kings like one of the Ramses who ruled for 60+ years? We will never know.
Today we are on to Giza and the pyramids. All we have to do is get thru Cairo traffic. Our guide tells us that rush hour starts at 7 AM and stops about midnight!
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