Is it a sign of aging, or maturing as I like to call it, going to the Field Museum and actually enjoying the day. Recently we met Lloyd Kuehn and his wife, Joan, at The Field Museum. My museum of choice had always been Science and Industry but I was pleasantly surprised how interesting The Field has become. We took a guided tour of the Egyptian exhibit and we were amazed with the technology of that ancient culture. Cecil B. DeMille took liberties in his depictions of ancient Egypt and in reality the pyramids were not built using slaves but rather paid workers. Most pyramids were raided, some soon after being sealed, even though precautions were take to discourage that practice. The art of mummification was intriguing. It took 40 days and 40 nights, sound familiar, to extract the inner organs and soak the skin in natron for preservation.
We spent 6 hours and didn't see half of the free exhibits. 1000 years from now we will be in museums on the other side of the glass typing on our archaic computer keyboards.