Mummy Secrets of the Tomb Exhibition at ArtScience Museum...

Photo above from here.

Since last Saturday was International Museum Day, PG Boy and I headed to the museum to unofficially celebrate the said event. Hehe!

Nah, we just really had nothing else planned for Sunday afternoon. I would have wanted to visit one of the museums that offered free admission because of International Museum Day.

However, I expected the museums to be very crowded. Since PG Boy and I were both interested in the Mummy:Secrets of the Tomb exhibit, we just decided we'd go for that one. It wasn't free though. Hehe!

Six mummies are featured at the exhibit. The "star" of these mummies, however, is Nesperennub, a 3,000 year old mummy.

The exhibit begins with a short documentary on the project undertaken by the British Museum to know more about the 3,000 year old mummy. Aided by advanced CT scanning technology and computer visualisation techniques, the museum experts were able to "virtually unwrap" the mummy. It was quite a very interesting 3D documentary. Uhm, I think it may be a bit scary though for the kids.

Also in display are more than 100 stunning artefacts such as statuettes, amulets, figurines that are thousands of years old. The artifacts were quite interesting. When I think about how old they are, I can't help but be amazed.

There was a sign that says no photography allowed, but I saw a few people taking photos. In fact, there was even one person who used flash photography! Hehe!

The exhibit runs until 4 November 2013. Drop by the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands if you're interested in ancient hitory.