Wednesday 2 March 2011
Today was a looong day. Our original plan was to visit the Arabic park in Jatta but Dad watched a fascinating program on someone who faked the ossuary (bone container) of James the brother of Jesus and they showed the inside of the Biblical Museum of Jerusalem. Well. That was a change of plan!
First stop was the Biblical Museum. Thulani was fascinated! There are photos of him with the Egyptian chair, the boat- all sorts! The seat was the statue of Ramses II and was made in 1290 BC! The boat was Egyptian from the Middle Kingdom about 3000 years ago and is not a reproduction!
He also found the seals fascinating, carved from some precious stones and clay. The pictures they reproduced when rolled across soft medium were astonishingly detailed.
Downstairs there was an exhibition called ‘Angels and Demons’ about magic and spells in Judaism. He found it fascinating if worrying. They had an explanation of the Evil Eye- it’s against bad luck and Thulani asked if he could have one too. Doesn’t he look smart with it on?
We then went to the Shrine of the Books, the museum with the Dead Sea scrolls- no pictures in them and no photography. We then went home and crashed- we walked MILES today!
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