Yesterday i had an amazing time photographing and viewing artifacts from ancient civilisations, at the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University, Sydney. It was fabulous to be able to indulge my love of ancient history ! Reading about these cultures, or viewing on t.v is one thing, but actually seeing them first hand was just the best!
WOW! Talk about mind blowing. When you look at the workmanship of the hand crafts, the coffins, the coins. We may have come a long way in the past few thousand years but you can't deny that those ancient beings were gifted and clever.
I was fascinated by it all....The Egyptian collection was most likely my favourite, as i definately love anything egyptian, but closely followed was the Roman and Greek, not to forget the Cyprus and Middle Eastern collections.
I was able to have a hands - on with Pompeii!.. Can you believe it? I was holding actual pumice that destroyed pompeii all those years ago... as well as a little of Mt Vesuvius, crusafixtion nail and terracotta lamps and beautiful glass. All of this from thousands of years ago. It really makes you think!
I'm still editing the photos and i'll upload a few of my faves in their own group of cultures. Make sure to check back and see them soon!
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