We visited the super informative but overwhelming Egyptian Museum with its huge collection of Egyptian artifacts. They had human mummies, animal mummies, sculptures, pots, and some painted scenes I've never seen.
The painted decorations on wooden coffins of Egypt's Old Kingdom had the eyes of Horus (the falcon god) painted on the left side. The dearly departed was placed in the coffin on his/her left side to allow the body a view outside the coffin.
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Eyes on the side of an Egyptian coffin |
Geb and Nut were siblings. Nut as Sky was always on top of Geb (often shown in a fully erect state). Their father, Shu (Air/Sun), separated the two siblings but not before Nut became pregnant by Geb. Shu has to keep them apart so that there is a space between for us humans to live.
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Nut, goddess of the Sky, separated from Geb, god of the Earth, by Shu the god of Air |
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Conceiving the Sun through the union of Geb, god of the Earth and Nut, goddess of the sky |
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Coffin Lid of Butehamun Scribe of Deir el-Medina |
We went to the nearby Palazzo Madama Museum and saw a great Steve McCurry Photography Exhibition. One of his main themes was reading and many of the photos showed people from all walks of life all over the world reading books, newspapers, notes.
The Palazzo Madama had a great exhibition of medieval Religious art as well. I especially loved the humor and creativity on a couple of the 15th-century wooden choir pieces.
With all its pedestrian streets and boulevards, Turin is a great city for walking, and we walked all over. We stayed in an Airbnb apartment that was on the edge of the historic center and conveniently just a few blocks from the South Turin Train Station. It was just a 10-15 minute walk to most of the sights. Turin was an easy city to navigate.
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View of Turin from Mount of Capuchin |
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