In December my daughters loaded me and the wheelchair up in the car (with some difficulty) and we went to see the Mummies Of The World Exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio. This venerable museum had a guard at the door to the exhibit. No cameras or other devices were allowed inside. You go in and the lighting was subdued and dim with focus light on the mummies.
There was doleful dirge music playing, suitable because this was akin to a funeral parlor. I agree that where the dead are, that quiet, and a respectful attitude are required, no matter how old the dead are.The first mummy was a shocker though. It was of a mummified dog (? !) found in a cave. There were the expected Egyptian mummies, though I was kinda surprised by how tattered they looked. All the mummies were in temperature and humidity controlled glass cases, but they looked in pitiable condition.
The most interesting mummies were from Peru. There was one that really was memorable to us, that of a Peruvian woman clutching an infant with a deformed head. Under her head was another infant. Had she borne deformed twins and been considered by her people to be a witch or something? Even in death, her face was sad and desolate. What was her story?
Then there were the mummies of a German Duke and Duchess, found in a crypt. The Duke wore a pair of boots, te upper part of the boots separating from the sole due to age. He was wearing a uniform, deteriorating from age. His wife had been buried in a fine gown, now turning to dust.My daughters and I remember going to New Orleans years ago to see the Kiong Tut exhibit, and agree this exhibit was disappointing and did not live up to the hype it received.
Nevertheless, it was interesting.bye for now, love to all, susil