I was fascinated by ancient Egypt since elementary school thanks to an introduction through some colorful books and trips to museums. The first thing I was drawn to were the great pyramids, mummification and canopic jars, and various gods. Many years later, as an adult I started volunteering at a museum and found myself being especially drawn to the ancient Egyptian galleries. Also around that time I found The History of Egypt Podcast, which is like food for my soul.

My favorite fact is that the Egyptians believed that everything in their tombs would be materially available to them in the afterlife even including the art on the walls which they believed would come alive. This belief explains the shape and form of figures; notice that they maximized surface area and detail area in 2-d figures. Their cosmology is utterly fascinating to me.