Last night, Nicole, Isaac, the Hus, and I did something different – we went to the museum! We were intrigued by the mummy exhibit at Discovery Place in Uptown Charlotte.
Fun facts about mummies:
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Mummies have been found on every continent except Antarctica.
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The Detmold Child mummy predates King Tut by more than 3,000 years. Radiocarbon dating places the 8 – 10 month old mummy between 4504 BC 4457 BC. It’s from Peru (I saw this mummy; it was pretty neat).
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Egyptian mummies’ brains were removed but the heart was often left behind. They believed the heart was the ‘thinking’ organ, and the brain simply cycled mucus out through your nose.
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It took more than 2 months to prepare an Egyptian mummy.
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Egyptians also mummified cats, dogs, birds, crocodiles, rams, and oxen.
We also went to an excellent wine bar.
Since I can’t booze, I will order and dominate the cheese platter.
I kept croaking, “Mummmmmmy!!!†all evening in a creepy voice.
Enough about mummies. How about breakfast?
Just pumpkin oats:
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup soy milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 banana
Canned pumpkin
Pumpkin seeds
Brown sugar
Mummy! I mean… yummy.
I went to an excellent wine bar last night too but didn’t take any photos. 🙂