Comments on: Tourism and Treasure in Egypt http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/ Adventures of a writer living in New Zealand Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11053 Shelley Munro Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:49:34 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11053 Michele - the mask is solid gold and evidently it's very heavy. I'm not sure what the chin bit is. I always assumed it was an ornamental beard of sorts. Barbara - good point about the oxygen. The sand is always shifting as well so in most cases lots of digging was required. Michele – the mask is solid gold and evidently it’s very heavy. I’m not sure what the chin bit is. I always assumed it was an ornamental beard of sorts.

Barbara – good point about the oxygen. The sand is always shifting as well so in most cases lots of digging was required.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11052 Shelley Munro Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:47:09 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11052 Julia - it's a difficult question, isn't it? As Fedora mentioned I wouldn't want to be on my own because my imagination would take flight! Roberta - I think you're coming with me. You seem very brave. Julia – it’s a difficult question, isn’t it? As Fedora mentioned I wouldn’t want to be on my own because my imagination would take flight!

Roberta – I think you’re coming with me. You seem very brave.

]]> By: Barbara Martin http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11051 Barbara Martin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11051 Anyone who ventures into a recently opened tomb would have to make certain there is sufficient oxygen present. The plants that were placed in with the mummies tend to produce a type of dried fungus that can prove fatal if inhaled. Very interesting post Shelley. Anyone who ventures into a recently opened tomb would have to make certain there is sufficient oxygen present. The plants that were placed in with the mummies tend to produce a type of dried fungus that can prove fatal if inhaled.

Very interesting post Shelley.

]]> By: Michele http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11050 Michele Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:56:32 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11050 :eek: Curses? I've watched The Mummy so many times, I think it's an automatic ::shudder:: to be in a tomb alone and to think I hear things. Nope, I'll admit to being a girly girl and would not stick around for long. And if there are spiders and stuff...you'll feel the breeze and I tear out of there. As for tut's mask..if it's accurate? He wore more makeup than I do. LOL And better looking... the odd thing is that chin ornament. There is this tribe I saw on TV that uses wooden somethingorothers that pierce their lower lips and look just like that? So who thought of doing that look first, the Egyptians or the Natives in the jungles of ...wherever that show was about. Interesting thought about connections, yes? Curses?
I’ve watched The Mummy so many times, I think it’s an automatic ::shudder:: to be in a tomb alone and to think I hear things.
Nope, I’ll admit to being a girly girl and would not stick around for long. And if there are spiders and stuff…you’ll feel the breeze and I tear out of there.

As for tut’s mask..if it’s accurate? He wore more makeup than I do. LOL
And better looking…
the odd thing is that chin ornament. There is this tribe I saw on TV that uses wooden somethingorothers that pierce their lower lips and look just like that? So who thought of doing that look first, the Egyptians or the Natives in the jungles of …wherever that show was about.
Interesting thought about connections, yes?

]]> By: Fedora http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11048 Fedora Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:45:21 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11048 Wow. Thanks for the photos and links! As for curses... I'd like to think that I'd be able to hold off my immediate and irrational impulse to flee, but it would probably depend somewhat on what kinds of scary things happened to me and whether I was searching alone or if I had a partner or team to assist. I'd be much more likely to skedaddle if I were on my lonesome! Wow. Thanks for the photos and links! As for curses… I’d like to think that I’d be able to hold off my immediate and irrational impulse to flee, but it would probably depend somewhat on what kinds of scary things happened to me and whether I was searching alone or if I had a partner or team to assist. I’d be much more likely to skedaddle if I were on my lonesome!

]]> By: Roberta Harwell http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11046 Roberta Harwell Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:57:05 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11046 Great artwork. I don't know about believing in curses. I'm not very superstitious. It would depended on how much I felt about the art to keep looking for it. Have a great day. Great artwork. I don’t know about believing in curses. I’m not very superstitious. It would depended on how much I felt about the art to keep looking for it. Have a great day.

]]> By: Julia Smith http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/06/29/tourism-and-treasure-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-11044 Julia Smith Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:18 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2548#comment-11044 Great link to the artist, Shelley - I love his work. Hmm...would I be wary of curses? I would think that as a science-minded type (not me, of course, but the hypothetical archeologist version of me) I would pay attention to the story of the curse to find clues to real-world booby traps. Great link to the artist, Shelley – I love his work. Hmm…would I be wary of curses? I would think that as a science-minded type (not me, of course, but the hypothetical archeologist version of me) I would pay attention to the story of the curse to find clues to real-world booby traps.

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