香港遊踪 #7 – 香港科學館看木及伊|Hong Kong To Walk #7 – Hong Kong Science Museum to see the mummies

大家好！歡迎來到香港遊踪的第七步。很感謝大家一直對這個系列的支持，上一次我們去了香港歷史博物館，不知道有沒有令大家對歷史的興趣有所增加呢？而今次，就讓我們延續我們的博物館之旅，不過這一次就從歷史往移到科學的類別吧，對的，這一次我會帶大家到香港科學館。

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Hong Kong to walk volume 7. Remember last time we have visit the Hong Kong Museum of History? Not sure will it gain your interest in history and culture. And this time, I would like to continue my culture journey, but let us change from the area of history to science. Yes, this time we will visit the Hong Kong Science Museum.

香港科學館位於於1991年開幕，位於尖沙咀東部科學館道二號。常設展覽廳的面積為6,500平方米，展品超過五百件，而當中約百分之七十為互動展品。其理念為透過先進、創新和多學科的展覽、展品、活動、表演及外展計劃，帶領公眾以非正式的途徑學習科學。除了常設展覽外，科學館還會定期舉辦科學專題展覽以推介科技新知。

The Hong Kong Science Museum was operated in year 1991, located in 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The permanent exhibition area is about 6,500 square metres with more than 500 exhibits, and over 70 percent of them are interactive exhibits. And the museum’s vision is using informal science learning for general public by the state-of-the-art, innovative and multi-disciplinary exhibitions, exhibits, activities, shows, and outreach programmes. Besides the permanent exhibitions, the Museum regularly presents special exhibitions on a wide variety of topics related to science and modern technology.

而這一次，我是特意為了以下的專題展覽而去參觀的。它就是“永生傳說─透視古埃及文明”。

And this time, I am visiting the museum for this special exhibition “Eternal Life – Exploring Ancient Egypt”

大家記不記得上一篇的香港遊踪？我們上一次是去香港歷史博物館的，而科學館的位置，正正就在香港歷史博物館的正對面。所以，在前往路徑方面，大家可以參考我上一篇的文章，沒什麼特別，所以在這裏我就不贅敘了。但這一次，我來到門口後，是有一點驚訝，就是人有夠多的。

Do you remember the last Hong Kong to Walk? We have visited the Hong Kong Museum of History, and the location of the Hong Kong Science Museum is just opposite to the Hong Kong Museum of History. So, in terms of the method to go, you guys may reference the last post, and I will not say too much here. However, when I arrived the entrance of the Hong Kong Science Museum last week, I still got some surprise, as there were so many people.

這次的展覽是跟大英博物館托管會聯合主辦，大英博物館借出了他們珍貴的館藏，展出約200多件珍貴文物，包括木乃伊的棺木及其身軀。可能大家會有一點疑問，這種類型的展覽，不應讓是屬於歷史，或者文化類別的嗎？為何會跟科學拉上關係？原因就是當中對木乃伊的科學分析。

The exhibition this time was jointly presented with The Trustees of the British Museum. British Museum borrowed over 200 exhibits including the mummies and the coffin. Maybe you guys would have a question that this kind of exhibition should be in the area of history or culture, what is the connection with science? The reason is the method of analyzing the mummies.

在比較早期的時候，研究埃及木乃伊的方法都只能把裹屍布解開，可是這樣會損害脆弱的遺體。而隨着嶄新的成像技術被發明，研究人員現已經不用解開木乃伊的遮蓋物，也能夠以虛擬方式研究裹屍布內的遺體。而這次展覽是採用最新的電腦斷層掃描技術，深入研究大英博物館珍藏的埃及木乃伊，這一次的研究成果有助研究人員對尼羅河谷的喪葬習俗有新的解讀。

In the past, the only method to investigate the Egyptian mummies was to unwrap the mummies, and which will damage their fragile remains. And now, the advanced sophisticated imaging techniques allow us to virtually explore their wrapped bodies, which help us to eliminate the needs of disturbing their coverings. This exhibition employs the latest Computerized Tomography (CT) scanning technology to study the Egyptian mummies in the British Museum’s collection, and which allows researchers to gain a new insights into the funerary traditions in the Nile valley.

由於在展覽現埸中禁止使用閃光燈，以免對展品造成破壞，所以我並沒有相太多照，而且也都比較暗。不過也請容許我跟大家分享一些相片吧。首先，一進埸我們會看到一段影片，當中包含一些動畫去描述古埃及人對死後世界的想像以及信仰。

As flash light is prohibited in the exhibition, to avoid damaging the exhibits, I have not taken too many photos and even I have, the photo seems quite dark. However, I still want to share some to you guys. First, when we enter the hall, we will see a video which including some animation to introduce how Ancient Egypt treat death and the imagination for the world after death.

然後就可以看到展覽的重點木乃伊了，這是“內斯逹華灰特”，這具木乃伊曾被誤認為男性，但是在最新的電腦斷層掃描技術下終於得到平反，實際為一名於35-49歲間死亡的女性。

And then it comes to the main part of the exhibition - mummies. This is “Nestawedjat”, it was wrongly judged as a male at the past. And thanks to the latest Computerized Tomography technology and she got vindicated, she was a female dead between the ages of 35-49.

而展覽中也展出多項古埃及的石刻、文藝物品，可以讓大家更了解當時的古埃及人到底有多認真看待死亡，以及死後的世界。

And there are a lot of lithographs, art objects in the exhibition. You can understand more about how serious the Ancient Egyptian treated death and the world after death.

展品以外，這裏還有許多小遊戲讓你了解當時古埃及人的科技水平以及當中的科學。

Other than the exhibits item, there are also some games which introduce the technology level for the Ancient Egypt and the science behind it.

說真的，古埃及的文化跟歷史永遠都這麼令人著迷，大概是因為它實在太神秘了，就好像我們永遠都不能完全的理解它。希望我們在不久的將來可以再看到這種展覽吧。

To be honest, it is always so funny to see the Ancient Egypt history and it just had too many secret on it. And just feels like we will never understand all of them. I hope your enjoy the exhibition and hope we can visit it again.

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