Carnegie Museum Report

I've visited the Carnegie Museum of Natural History here in Pittsburgh. I decided to take a look at the Egyptian exhibit specifically the Walton wall of ancient Egypt. The exhibit it well put together and organized there's a lot of labeling and I'll plenty of different artifacts to see. They have a picture that shows you the chronology of ancient Egypt with the different periods and dynasties. This picture includes all of the dates so you can see what dynasties were alive in Egypt at what time and match it up with the artifacts that they have on the walls. This one picture is one of the most important and informative pieces in the entire exhibit. They also have many pieces that directly correlate with their everyday culture. This ranges anywhere

Going all the way up to the Romans with dates and plenty of information on their lifestyle and who their pharaoh or leader was for each period and dynasty. In the main portion of the exhibit it was mainly artifacts and picture, I was able to see some of the carvings that they made. As well as some of the ceramics and some of the art that they had. There was an abundance of information about Egyptian architecture and pyramids. The exhibit included a lot of the very important information on Egyptian history. The exhibit definitely was set up in a way which allowed you to easily learn about the history of Egypt. From all of the different specifics aspects as well as their growth and history. There was plenty of pictures in artifacts and art to go along with thorough descriptions. These really helped to make a personal connection. It allowed me to see what they use daily in comparison to what I

It shows how the Egyptian culture has matured and grown throughout history. They do this through displaying growth of artifacts and the growth of information and technology as the display gets closer to present time. The display shows that there is plenty of information readily available on things that go back to hundreds and thousands of years ago. I really like the fact that they broke it up into two different parts. One section that contains information on a multitude of aspects from Egyptian history. This goes anywhere from geography, myths, royalty, temples. Then they have the section that goes in order of time. I felt like this was a very effective way to go about informing people on it Egyptian history. It enables you to easily find the specific information that you're looking for on a specific time or a specific aspect of their culture. The display was able to give me a good feel for how Egyptians lived and the history of Egyptians. I got to see some of the tools that they used for hunting. I was able to see their writing and how education grew through periods. I was able to see how they build things and sculpted objects. The display really helped me to grow on what I already knew about the Egyptian culture from various history classes that I've taken and was not overly