Egypt and Israel Tours at the University Museum 

By Leksey M. and Leah S.H.

Everyone was so excited when we heard we were going to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to see the Egypt and Israel exhibits. First we met our tour guide who took us to see the special Amarna exhibit about King Akhenaton’s ancient capital city.  Afterwards, we saw things like real mummies, as well as statues of kings and queens and many different gods.  The most exciting part was seeing artifacts that were actually in Egypt thousands of years ago. Most of the writing we saw was in hieroglyphics on tomb poles and slabs of stone.  We also saw a copy of the Rosetta Stone.  When it was discovered in 1799, it helped people discover how to read hieroglyphics. During our scavenger hunt in the Israel exhibit, we learned about daily life at the time of the Tanach.  Overall, the trip was a very good one.