Walk like an Egyptian

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On Friday night we met up with the lovely David and Yulan

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To check out the Ashmolean’s latest live Friday. This is a bit of a clue to the theme

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Yes to tie in with their latest Tutankhamun exhibition the theme was Egypt. There were allsorts of individual events including music

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There were games

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And there was a beautiful magic lantern show

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Having watched the amazing slides we walked round the permanent exhibits.

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There was a beautiful jackal sat on the top layer of the casing.

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There were lots of people who had dressed for the occasion in attendance.

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Lots of flappers and Cleopatra herself (Cleopatra coming atcha)

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There were also many fantastic hats

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And so another fantastic night at the Ashmolean drew to a close and we walked like Egyptians all the way home.

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