In Love in Cairo

History & Shopping

While visiting Cairo I was

able to experience two things

I love ~ history & shopping.

We were happy to find the

Egyptian Museum in very good

shape after the Revolution.  We

had heard news reports of

destruction but we found it

in remarkably good condition.

Especially when you consider this

photo I took from the museum

garden of the government

building next door.

The Museum has a vast collection

of ancient artifacts.  I guess I'm used

to museums with high tech security

and display cases with humidity

 controls, etc.  This place looks like

Howard Carter found Tut's tomb,

some wood & glass cases were

built and things haven't been touched

since.  It was charming and gave

such a sense of history.

On the second floor is the

collection of artifacts from the

tomb of the boy king, Tutankhamun.

King Tut's tomb was the only one

to be found mostly intact, there is

speculation that there were a few

minor grave robbers soon after burial,

but then it was undisturbed until

found by Howard Carter in the

early 20th century.

We had quite a tutorial on the

"soap opera" lives of the Ancients.

Did you know King Tut's Step Mother

was Nefertiti?  Who was also his

Mother-in-Law?...

The other love?  That would

be shopping.  No, not in a mall,

but in the souq.  I must confess,

after this photo was taken I broke

a Mommy Rule and lost my kid

in the souq.  I realize he is almost

18 but I still worried.

Sadly, the Egyptian economy

suffered a loss that day due to my

losing track of Brennan.  I was ready

 to buy but was too distracted to

 pay much attention to the things for

sale.  I did pick up a delicious

 turquoise pashmina though.

As for Brennan?  He was hanging

out in the right cafe, at the right

time,  just as we had planned.