I’ve been to the MFA multiple times, but few times to
actually just look at the artifacts. After wandering the maze of the museum I
came upon the Egyptian room, just the trip reminded me of the lengths the
Egyptians went to protect their burial grounds. The lighting in these rooms is
often darker than the rest of the museum, maybe to better replicate the dark of
the inside of the pyramid or even how the darkness and light would interact in
a hypostyle hall. In one of the main rooms is the collection of structural
Egyptian artifacts. Here you can clearly see what we were shown in class about
how the Egyptians constructed their columns, how massive they are. Several
other artifacts included the gate and the hieroglyphics displaying giving to
the pharaoh. All these together in the small room, gives a good sense of
Egyptian architecture.
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