Hieroglyphs

An ideal exhibition has lots of interesting and beautiful exhibits along with an interesting story to tell.

The problem with this exhibition is that it is largely an interesting story - how hieroglyphs cane to be deciphered, and why it was such a difficult language to crack. But the upshot is that largely this would have made a good article to read. But there isn't all that much to see, and these photos are not really representative as I took them of the most interesting exhibits rather than a representative set, most of which were manuscripts.

That is not to suggest that it wasn't worthwhile coming to see, but probably not worth the hefty price tag.

I did enjoy the blurb for this which said that this was the first time these four canopic jars had been seen together since the eighteenth century, as they are now scattered amongst various museums.

The Great Court is endlessly photogenic.