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Most commonly seen on the streets of Luxor are carriages known as “Ferraris”, where the drivers proudly show their vigorous horses to visitors.
The water of the Nile reflects the former glory of ancient Thebes, and the most striking thing at dusk is the silent ruins of temples along the road.
The hieroglyphs on the stone carvings record legends that no one can fully translate, and the most vivid sound at the moment is the sound of horses’ hooves on the asphalt road.
When the sun was setting, I strolled to the river, saw a downward step, and looked up at the words “mummy”.
It turns out that this famous mummy museum is located quietly on the banks of the ancient Thebes River, and it is a sunken square.
Sailboats and cruise ships are moored on the Nile. Before the departure time, the cruise ship silently looked at the tourists on the shore, while the sailboatmen were enthusiastic, inviting tourists to visit the Nile River.
Compared with other museums in Egypt, this mummy museum is particularly small and empty.
There were no other tourists when I first entered the door, and my hair stood upright in the suddenly cooling air. Why is it so deserted here?
I hesitated, slowly looking at each exhibit, and was reluctant to walk alone to the highest point-where the mummies of humans were housed.
There are many mummies in the museum, and in addition to the most famous ones, there are many animal mummies. A concrete and huge crocodile mummy, I didn’t feel anything when I saw it.
There is also a duck mummy whose shape is illegible, which also can’t cause waves.
The murals depicting the mummy making process on the wall appear white under the light, and the contents are difficult to understand.
There was a mummy of a cat, tightly wrapped in linen cloth, lying stiffly in a showcase. Looking directly at this “cat predecessor” thousands of years ago, there is no light in its eyes.
The mummy is a kind of ambition of human beings in the face of death, just as the east and west banks of Luxor symbolize life and death respectively.
The temples in the Valley of Kings are the same as those on the roadside. The ebb and flow of the Nile nourished but fertile pieces of land.
No matter how majestic the legendary gods were, they weren’t as majestic as the temperature and humidity precisely controlled to preserve the remains, which made people feel an inexplicable chill.
The former glory of Luxor has gradually disappeared from tourists’ sight. This small museum is no longer a crowded place.
There are so many monuments to visit in Egypt, and museums are never afraid of shorting visitors. Looking down at the Nile River, it seems that you can weigh some of the residual warmth of time.
That once amazing ancient skill has now been turned into a concrete object in front of us, and the word “mummy” has been summarized as a concrete eternal oath.
At dusk, by the Nile River, someone set up a tripod and invited passers-by to take a photo; On the other side, the moon rose slowly, as if seeing off the red-faced sunset.
What can’t be changed by sunrise and sunset is essentially no different from what can’t be shaken by the cycle of life and death.
