It was a little awkward coming face to face with the celebrated mummies of the British Museum – with three young children. Until then, death had been easy to talk about in abstract, philosophical, and even flowery terms. But here at the British Museum, it was laid out on display in all its ancient bandaged and boxed splendor. Suddenly, we had a few more things to explain. Thankfully, when we found the cat mummies, it clicked for the girls. Yes, pets. Beloved, wonderful pets. Who doesn’t want to see them on the other side?
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5 comments
I adore the British Museum, and particularly the Egyptian section. After seeing Tut-ank-amon's mummy a few years ago, my youngest isn't too keen to see human mummies. However, like your children, she rather likes the cat ones, so fortunately, I don't have to miss out on the Egyptian section when she's along.
Really??? Cat mummies? My gosh, those Egyptians were resourceful.
i always love the egyptian parts of any museum – it's so fascinating! these cat mummies look very cool.
The Egypt section is a favorite – and it's so great the museum is free so you can just hit the highlights that interest you and the kiddos and not feel bad about missing the rest (of which there is MUCH). 😉
I had no idea that there were cat mummies. My daughter would find that intriguing. We didn't make it to the British Museum on our first visit to London – next time we will definitely be checking out the mummies.
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