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In this term break, I visited National Palace Museum for it's special exhibition, Egyptian Mummies. The exhibition was held by The British Museum, so I had had high expectations. The whole exhibition was organised around the main 6 mummies, which died at different ages and held different occupations. They were a noblewoman, a man, a priest, a singer, a young man, and a boy. In the first area, they told you how a mummy had been made. In ancient Egypt, there was a group of people called 'Embalmers' who knew how to make mummies. They also introduced the divinity related to life and death. This exhibition used the latest method to study mummies. Instead of unwrapping the mummies, the historians now use CT scanners to avoid damaging the mummies. It's a machine able to scan the mummies' details and draw it into 3D models showing the different layers. Beside each mummy, there was a TV screen that showed it's animation from the CT scanner, from cover to bones. At the same time, it also showed us the high lights of it, for instance, how many amulets were put inside the mummy, or how healthy the body was. Overall, I learned a lot from this exhibition, but I had to say it was quite far from what I expected. Moreover, three hundred and fifty dollars as entrance fee was quite expensive.