Comments on: The amazing King Tut Birthday! :) [1 of 2] http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/02/the-amazing-king-tut-birthday-1-of-2/ Another mythologizing animal sharing a spark of intellectual passion! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/02/the-amazing-king-tut-birthday-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24451 Bob Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:41:16 +0000 http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/?p=1543#comment-24451 I would agree the trip and the exhibit was quite fun. I hope my proclivity to treat every trip like an adventure (Do we have a map? Where are we parking? Are we on time? Do we need an umbrella? When do we want to eat? Do we have a camera? Batteries? Notepads? Armor? Healing Potions? Wolfsbane? Holy Water? etc.) wasn't too much of a damper. :) RE "[Resi] was referred to as part of the then-pharaoh's 'harem,' ... Was this a poorly chosen word by a male curator, perhaps?" Perhaps it was an effort to make something so different from the daily lives of most visitors "accessible" by using a "familiar" term. I would agree the word choice was curious. RE "I was also quite captivated by the chair of Princess Sitamun..." I find these types of items--the personal items of daily life--the most fascinating. The monumental, ceremonial, and presentational items are all works of art, but these types of items: the chairs, combs, game board, and so on seem much more "real" to me. RE "Also very cool was that the cat-men were (at least to me) clearly dancing! ... On the other side of the chair there were two tambourine players..." Oh, come on! I still say they were clearly bowling! :) The long stride, the one hand holding the large spherical object, supported by the other hand. Obviously bowling. Obviously. :D I'm glad you had a swell time, and I really like your observations. You were clearly having a blast. :) I would agree the trip and the exhibit was quite fun. I hope my proclivity to treat every trip like an adventure (Do we have a map? Where are we parking? Are we on time? Do we need an umbrella? When do we want to eat? Do we have a camera? Batteries? Notepads? Armor? Healing Potions? Wolfsbane? Holy Water? etc.) wasn't too much of a damper. :)

RE "[Resi] was referred to as part of the then-pharaoh's 'harem,' … Was this a poorly chosen word by a male curator, perhaps?"

Perhaps it was an effort to make something so different from the daily lives of most visitors "accessible" by using a "familiar" term. I would agree the word choice was curious.

RE "I was also quite captivated by the chair of Princess Sitamun…"

I find these types of items–the personal items of daily life–the most fascinating. The monumental, ceremonial, and presentational items are all works of art, but these types of items: the chairs, combs, game board, and so on seem much more "real" to me.

RE "Also very cool was that the cat-men were (at least to me) clearly dancing! … On the other side of the chair there were two tambourine players…"

Oh, come on! I still say they were clearly bowling! :) The long stride, the one hand holding the large spherical object, supported by the other hand. Obviously bowling. Obviously. :D

I'm glad you had a swell time, and I really like your observations. You were clearly having a blast. :)

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