Treasures of the World's Cultures: The British Museum after 250 Years

Today is a wonderful day. I go to National Place Museum to watch a special exhibition about 「The British Museum After 250 Years」.First time I wanted to go is in February. But the visitor was too much that I gave up the idea.
There are many treasures in the exhibition.
The British Museum after 250 Years is intended to offer the audiences in Taiwan a rare opportunity to appreciate cultural treasures from around the world without embarking on journeys abroad.
I interest in Ancient Egyptian Culture. I often watch programs about Ancient Egyptian Culture at home. Maybe in some people’s view, mummy is a disgusting and unlucky thing. Like the unlucky mummy, people believe he has curse because the coffin has no name. A rumor says: the unlucky mummy is in Tatinic, and that is the why Tatinic sunk. In this exhibition, I know the unlucky mummy was not in Tatinic. Is he unlucky? I don’t know.
In other sections, Roman Empire have many handsome effigy. African Cultures have many cut statue.
The exhibition is until to May. I want to visit again.

Introduetion-The Unlucky Mummy

This exquisitely painted mummy-board formed the innermost covering of the mummy of a woman of high rank. During the 21st and early 22nd Dynasties such sculpted and painted covers had come to replace the masks which were placed over the heads of mummies in earlier periods. The name of the owner of this example is not preserved, but the style of the decoration is a sure guide to its date and provenance (Thebes). The deceased wears a very large floral collar, through which her open hands protrude, and below this is a complex arrangement of images of deities associated with the afterlife: solar discs and falcons, the winged sky-goddess Nut, ba birds and emblems of Osiris.
Since its acquisition in 1889, the mummy-board has become one of the most famous icons of the British Museum, though not on account of its historical importance or artistic quality. It has become the focus for a vast web of modern mythology which has its origins in the popular notion that to disturb an ancient Egyptian burial could bring down a 'curse' on those directly responsible (and even on persons only remotely involved). Although the body of the original owner has never been identified (and is not in the British Museum) the board has acquired the misleading title of 'the Unlucky Mummy'. The stories surrounding it have been perpetuated and elaborated through oral tradition, popular journalism and, more recently, via the internet. The four English travellers who brought the mummy-board from Egypt in the 19th century are said to have suffered premature death or injury, and similar misfortunes reputedly befell many others. On an early photograph of the board, the carved and painted face is supposed to have been miraculously replaced by the features of 'a living Egyptian woman of malevolent aspect.' Perhaps the strangest tale associated with the board is that it was sold to an American collector and sent to the USA on the Titanic in 1912, causing the ship to collide with an iceberg and sink. Although proof of the mummy-board's alleged supernatural powers is completely lacking, the mythology surrounding it continues to evolve. English: http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/britishmuseum250/en/exh03.html Chinese: http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/britishmuseum250/zh-tw/exh03.html

Chung Gan Unversity's birthday

Today is Chung Gan Unversity's birthday, but I couldn't celebrate it because I have to play the soccer game between departments . We got a great progress and played very well!! Since we all wounded, we only got 4th.Everytime, after we go through a games, we always feel that we are more and more cosolidated. The Department of Eletric Engineering Soccer Team is just like a big family, both players and 球經s.though we are often fleeced by them, hahaha.

清明節

Today I wake up early because I will go to Shan Zhi(山芝) 北海福座. Crandfather was deid for five years, but I still miss him. When I was a child, grandfather often played with me and went to watch the temple celebration(廟會) togother. Thus, grandfather called me every weekend to watch the temple celebration. Five years passed, When in the Chinese new year or 清明節, I always cry.Today, I cry again....

YangMingShan。Hot Spring

Last night is calculus mid-test. uh....I think I will get a terrible score.After the test, four classmates and I go to ShiLin night market eat some snack. Then go to YangMingShan by motorcycle. YangMingShan is very quite and beautiful in the night. We go to 大屯山 first, there have wonderful night view and shining star in the sky. But it's dangerous beacuse there doesn't have any streetlampes. Then we go to take the hot spring. I think we are very lucky because there are no bady in the bathhouse except us. We have fun and take many interesting photoes. We get back to school in AM05:20. third......

Mid-test

Time is through fast. Mid-test is comeing soon. In this half session, I spent a lot of time in practice soccer, play the games in the school or outside. Therefore, I asked for leave many times and did't do well on school works. In Electronic Engineering, we have nine subject. The test I have is more then is high school. And the mid-test is until three weeks. It's a long time. I think I have to work hard more. Otherwise, I will have the low grade.