The Poppy Garden

The California Institute of World Archaeology and the Senurset Collection brings us a virtual museum of Egyptian artifacts. It is a full museum's worth of artifacts, including several views of each artifact and a summary. And this is not a museum you can just go see; According to the site, this collection has been housed in vaults away from the public since the 1970's due to conservation and budget concerns. An online museum is a cost-effective way to make the Senurset collection open to the public while properly preserving the artifacts. Plus no bratty kids climbing on the statuary or people "forgetting" about the "no flash pictures" rule. And this collection has one of the most beautiful depictions of Sekhmet I have ever seen, from the reign of Hatshepsut, my favorite pharaoh. Isn't that a beautiful face? Locking it away would just be a crime. So go see this thing, there's Greco-Roman artifacts from Egypt, too. o} :) ---