Trip to the University of Pennsylvania Museum

By Zoë S. and Jordyn H.

On Wednesday, November 17, the sixth grade went on a trip to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.  We visited a total of four exhibits.  The first was The Rainbow Serpent display, which contained modern paintings by Australian aborigines of their beliefs about the creation of the world.  The next was a guided tour of the Ancient Egypt exhibit.  We saw statues of the pharaoh Ramesses and real mummies.  We learned a lot about Egyptian daily life and the culture of the people.  A few of our favorite things in the exhibit were the third largest sphinx in the world and the pillars of a pharaoh’s palace.  All of these things had many hieroglyphics written on them.

After lunch, we toured the Treasures of the Royal Tombs of Ur and saw some of the precious possessions and jewelry of wealthy people in Mesopotamia.  Shortly after that, we went on a search for information in the Israel/Canaan exhibit.  We answered many questions and learned much about ancient life in this area.  Overall, we had a great time at the museum and can’t wait to go back in the spring to learn about Greece and Rome!