Posts Tagged: Egyptians

  • Mummies and sarcophagi in a museum in Denmark

    Mummies at the museum

    On our trip to London (in 2015) I took my children to visit the British Museum, one of my favourite places. My daughter who was studying ancient history at school wanted to visit the Egyptian rooms. So we headed to Rooms 62 and 63 dedicated to Egyptian death and afterlife to look at the mummies. […]

  • Cool as a WOTW cucumber -- Mr Cumcumber Head drinks a martini wearing sunglasses and brogues!

    Cucumber cool

    The temperatures have been hotter than ever this summer so we are in great need of a cool word. How much cooler can you get than cucumber? If we want to be cool, we’ll say we are as cool as a cucumber. The cucumber is a member of the gourd family, along with melons and […]