Anthony, thank you. Haley still
sticking around. We could keep chatting all day but we’re
chatting all day but we’re
running out of time on KPRC
2. Plus, want to close out this
Friday to tell you about this.
You’ve got just 3 more
weekends. >> To check out the Ramseys,
>> To check out the Ramseys,
the great exhibit at the
Houston Museum of Natural
Science. It’s a great exhibit.
I have a chance to visit a
while back in here live with us this morning is Dirk van turned
this morning is Dirk van turned
out the Korea curator of
anthropology at the museum.
Dirk, it’s great to see.
Usually we get to hang out in
the museum. But here we are on a zoom call. Thanks for being
a zoom call. Thanks for being
with us.
And the CD. Thank you very
much. All right. Well, hope
We’re going to hope the
Internet signal stays with us
and stays nice and clean the
whole Tell us a little more about this Ramsey’s. The great
about this Ramsey’s. The great
I saw it with my own 2 eyes and
it was magnificent. But for
those who haven’t been there,
what can they expect?
>> Well, needless to say, their fingers simple thing here is
fingers simple thing here is
Ramsey’s. The second one of
most famous
Egyptian pharaohs. He’s
represented with artifacts that comes straight from the
comes straight from the
Egyptian museum. So these are
loan is from using Cairo and
elsewhere in the country.
In some cases they have never
left the country. So these are
facts. But unless we’re able
to visit Egypt, you’ve never seen before.
seen before.
>> And some of these are
thousands of years old, right? >> My definition, yes. He year
>> My definition, yes. He year
and about 3 dozen years ago.
these things are pretty old,
but incredibly well preserved.
That includes moneys, animal
mummies, but also circled the
line. Beautiful gold are just unbelievable stuff.
unbelievable stuff.
>> Any anything that sticks
out to you as a favorite?
>> Well, yes, it’s a lion Cub moment. One of 5 ever found
Cub moment. One of 5 ever found
in Egypt in Houston has won.
The other 4 are in Egypt.
If you want to see it, you have
to come to the Houston Museum. >> Wow, we’re just a few weeks
>> Wow, we’re just a few weeks
left. So they got to get there.
the the interactive virtual
experience was super cool,
Dirk. I mean, what a production that was put together give us a
that was put together give us a
glimpse inside the tomb.
>> Right. So that’s the advice
of computers becoming more and
more sophisticated and allowing
us to travel there as if the work that they’re so the
work that they’re so the
immersive environments, both in
the exhibit as well as in needs
to show you saw. And it is just
phenomenal might advise you
to go over there as well.
But nothing beats the real
thing. Of course.
>> Haha, how does that? How has
the turnout with with the folks
over the course of this
exhibit?
>> It has been phenomenal.
People are realizing that first
one is about to end, but he has
had a good cause them draw.
Schools are coming through as
well, which is important
because that’s part of our
mission there in educational
museum and engage in
storytelling. So this is quite
a story. So the draw has been phenomenal.
>> working folks go dark for
more info on this exhibit.
>> To our website Www H M and
has gone or. >> All right. Great way to beat
>> All right. Great way to beat
the heat to in the summer and
get inside dirt before you go.
Can you tell folks some of the
other stuff that’s available?
The other exhibits and things
to see and learn about at the
museum because obviously
Ramsey’s is the big draw.
All right. Now it’s only here
for a little while longer, but
I know even for my family, we like to go over and over again
like to go over and over again
to the museum.
>> Right. We have a couple it’s
him just open one. I think that
is opening We have our by an artist from Germany guard Ray
artist from Germany guard Ray
and beautiful car stone
representations
of animals that opens today.
We have representations of
birds in a bomb bring to the
campaign to form. And of course, we have the oldies but
course, we have the oldies but
goodies. We have a beautiful
gems and no home. We have the animals from both Africa and
animals from both Africa and
taxes. There’s so much to see
there’s a better place and that
was not to like about the
motive was and to some of those
supplies. Things to do is see
at the museum.
>> Thank you, Dirk for your
It’s good to see you, as always. Appreciate. Thank you
always. Appreciate. Thank you
very much for getting door.
And I see around.
>> Yes, Dirk van turned out Ph
D and curator of anthropology
at the Houston Museum of
Natural Science. By the way, you can see Ramses the great
you can see Ramses the great
and the goal of the pharaohs at
the museum. It runs through
June 19th just the start of