Not craft this time - but Mummys

Mummy's I hear you say - yep just that out of order this is however too bad.Late July Brian and I had a weekend away to Brisvegas to go and see the Mummy 'Secrets of the Tomb" show at the Brisbane Museum. We drove down Friday night after all the peak hour traffic had gone and found the hotel, no room service for dinner after we saw a sign in our room saying 24hr room service, so we hot footed it to the little Thai takeway across the road - just so yummy.
After a sleep in on Saturday as we don't normally get a sleep in so it was a treat, we made a cuppa and went back to bed to watch some of the opening replay of the Olympics, after a lazy get up we showered and made our way down for breakfast a buffet so that was fine. Back to the room to tidy up and get sorted we headed for a short stroll to Southbank it was great not having to drive everywhere - infact we never used the car all weekend. We found a nice area to sit in the sun and just relax before heading back to the room for a cuppa and a bit of fruit for lunch before heading down along Southbank to arrive at the museum at 2.30 we had to be there 30mins before the showing  - time arrived and we went into the theatre for a 30mins 3D MRI imaging show on the mummy see notes below - taken from the Internet, no photos were allowed.

Who was Nespernnub:

Nesperennub lived nearly three thousand years ago in Thebes. Thebes was one of the greatest cities in ancient Egypt and was full of temples and grand palaces. Nesperennub himself worked as a priest in the greatest of these temples, Karnak. He was also a fan-bearer to the King, so was an important man.
Nesperennub's wooden coffin has his face painted on the outside. He wears a wig, and his headband and collar are made of lotus petals. The hieroglyphs down the centre are a prayer asking for 'life, prosperity and health' for Nesperennub. Inside the coffin a goddess holds her arms open to protect his body.

 Nesperennub was a husband and father, and a member of an influential family. Other members of his family have been discovered over the years – the coffin of his wife lies in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology (University of California) and the coffin of his father is in the British Museum – unfortunately their mummies are missing and it is unknown if they were sold to someone else or left behind in Egypt.
Inscriptions on the coffins of Nesperennub and his family, as well as inscriptions found on the roof-terrace at the temple of Khons, reveal some of the story of how their daily lives unfolded. Nesperennub and his father were priests in the religious complex of Karnak, which was the cult-centre of the god Amun-Ra.
Nesperennub was mainly associated with the Khons, a very ancient god linked to the moon. An inscription on the roof-terrace of the temple of Khons records other titles held by Nesperennub: “Fan-bearer on the right hand of Khons”, and “Fan-bearer on the right hand of the king” – a privileged position potentially providing him with direct access to the pharaoh. Nesperennub’s priestly duties included opening the doors of a shrine each morning, revealed by his title “Opener of the Doors of Heaven”, and sprinkling water over the offering table in front of the cult-statue.
Nesperennub’s wife, Neskhonspakherd, was also from a family who held positions in the temple. They had a child, Nebetkheper, and there may have been others, though no record of them has ever been found. It was an amazing exhibition and well worth seeing if you get the chance.
Below are just a couple of photos taken outside the museum the Bronze sculptures of the Pelicans and the Fountain and one of myself.