We went back into TO today to the Yorkdale Shopping Center parking lot again and took the subway down to the Royal Ontario Museum. This trip is the first time I've been on subway. Even the subway station is interesting with statues and designs where we got off at Museum station. Ron had a coffee and people watched on Bloor St. while I toured the exhibits. I enjoyed Africa where these shields were made of fur, woven reeds, bark and skin. This 'gate' was an entrance to a tomb in China. Japan showed fighting masks and a palanquin a royal Lady would ride in., while Egypt was showing mummies and early warriers. There were hundreds of neat things and only 5 % can be displayed at once, the rest in storage.
The current main exhibit is the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947. These extraordinary 2000 year old artifacts are the earliest record of biblical patriarch and prophets known to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The museum is incredibly interesting but you would need a month to do this whole museum justice and really see everything.
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