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Show ifiTifi-fi- riinintft nfi iiriirt rt I Page 2 The Tfiunderbird Thursday March 6, 1986 Ramses II tour set for weekend There are many other objects which will be featured in the exhibit, such as lamps, granite statues, wooden clappers, which were used to keep time with music, and a water clock. Heath said that this water clock was so accurate that it measured 365t days, just as our calendars today do, adding one more day on the year every four years. Other exhibits featured are gold necklaces, bracelets, and other On March 7 and 8, the SUSC Division of Continuing II Education will sponsor a trip to Provo to see the Ramses exhibit at Brigham Young University. There are still a few spaces left for the trip. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Richard Kennedy at An orientation was held on March 3 to inform those little more about the people who had already signed up a the objects that about and see to were going pharaoh they exhibit. the across run throughout may they We wanted the tour participants to learn about the life and times of the pharoah before they actually see the artifacts," said Kennedy. Both speakers at the orientation had been to the exhibit before. SUSC professor Steven Heath discussed the historical background of Ramses reign, which lasted 67 who discussed the years. The other speaker was Kennedy, the affected how Egyptians of that it geology of the period, the of times which the and setting physical time period, for so alive many centuries. kept the ancient civilization Ramses II, the third pharoah of the 19th dynasty, reigned from 1290 B.C. until his death in 1224 B.C. He was 90 years old. Heath said that the Egyptians are trained for life after death from their youth. When Ramses died, after funeral was very approximately 90 years of prepaiation, his due to the funeral, elaborate in contrast to Tutankhamens death. of the suddenness boy kings Ramses funeral lasted a total of 119 days. It took 70 days to get him embalmed and mummified, three weeks to get him to the tomb, and three or four more weeks of ceremonies once they got him there before he was finally lain in his tomb. t Heath said that after 90 years of preparation, Ramses tomb was probably one of the most rich and elaborate of all the tombs. However, graverobbers got to it and stole most the things in the tomb. What the exhibit has is basically what Heath calls common things, such as gold pots, combs, brass mirrors, make-u- p kits, wooden headrests, and the tools of the trades of that time. While the mummy itself is not there, the burial things are. Wooden coffins, which used to be gold until the grave robbers got to them. There are also the jars in which the of the mummys entrails are stored. First they are cut out in this wooden sarcophagus after his splendid original Ramses II was a cabinet, and the in then the in jar, put tomb was looted in antiquity. The mummified body of Ramses II is at the Egyptian body, preserved, is mummified. rest of the body Museum in Cairo, along with other famous Egyptian kings and queens. 586-791- jewelry. Kennedy spoke of the geology and physical setting of Ramses time. He also talked about what materials were used in their art work and writing. Kennedy said that granite was the major stone used in their statues, turning to a pinkish color when it was polished. Another example w'ould be the limestone that built the infamous pyramids. Kennedy said that iron was the main coloring agent. Such colors as blue were attained through a rock called azurite, green through malachite, and black through crushed galena. Kennedy also talked about Egyptian symbolism, such as cartouches, a form of signatures that the Egyptians used often on their artifacts. Kennedy also spoke of the ankh, w'hich is similar to a Christian cross with an oval on the top of it, which means eternal life. Kennedy spoke of several other objects of the Egyptians which signify eternal life, such as a lotus blossom, a fish and the tree of life. Kennedy also addressed the issue of the Egyptians wealth during the Ramses II period, saying that they were an agrarian society, importing to such places as Rome and Athens, and being the bread basket of the world. At the end of the orientation, Heath said that after the Ramses II reign had come to an end, the Egyptian empire decayed rapidly. Ramses tomb was not rediscovered until 1860. It had been ransacked so many times that finally one pharaoh took as many mummies of the pharaohs as he could find, and put them in one obscure tomb so that the robbers couldnt steal anything else. There have been arrangements made at the Comfort Inn in Provo for March 7, double occupancy for $15 per person, or four people to a room for $8.50 per person. Each person will be in charge of hisher own meals, The tour will depart at 1:30 p.m. on March 7, meeting in front of the Auditorium in'the parking lot at 1 p.m. to load up the vans. The exhibit will last until April 5, but for more or information call either Daphne Dailey at Kennedy at 586-785- 586-791- Spring registration now under way at SUSC iixiiiiiiiiiiiiii . ITT TTTTT IIIIIIII TT TT T T T TTT T T 911 SOUTH MAIN STREET HOURS: 10:00 A. M TT XII tAC 586-114- 1 7:00 PM. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY VCR3 FOR ONLY $ 7. 00 RENT WITH STUDENT ID. EXPIRES MARCH 13, 1986. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS POSITIONS TO BEGIN ONE-YEABEGINNING SPRING QUARTER: R J OF THE THUNDERBIRD fees are due April 4 by 3 p.m. for have registered up to that time. who all students After that, students must pay tuition and fees at the time of registration. April 1 1 is the last day that classes may be added, with April 18 the final day that classes can be dropped. Registration schedules and a list of changes in the spring quarter agenda are available at the Registrars Office. Application forms can be obtained at the SUSC Office of Admissions, Tuition and Registration for spring quarter classes started this week at SUSC with actual class work scheduled to start March 31. Open registration for all students starts Monday March 10 and will continue each weekday through March 27. Registration can also be completed starting March 31 when spring quarter classes begin. Registration is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Registrars Office in the SUSC Administration Building. Tuition and fees can be paid during that time at the Cashiers Office. 586-774- Halley's Comet ; viewing is set Tv , ? at observatory Early birds will get a glimpse of Halleys Comet March 1,3, 8, 10 and 14 at the Southern Utah State College Ashcroft Observatory. Observatory telescopes will be trained on the celestial wanderer those mornings at 5 a.m., according to Observatory Director Brent Sorensen. Over 1,200 comet watchers visited the SUSC facility to check out the comet in January and early February, he said, with several impromptu observation sessions held to accommodate the overflow crowds. The observatorys regularly scheduled Monday evening programs will be held in March, starting now at 7:30 p.m. A slide show on comets will be shown and observation sessions held afterwards to look at deep sky objects March 3, 10 and 31, and at the moon March 17 and 24. Halleys is visible now in the early morning, Sorensen said, located in the southeastern sky in the constellation Sagittarius. y y; '"Z - z. WJ& YM Dave Brown (left) and Dennis Tanner are among those who tape SUSC Convocations for KGSUs Convo may be seen on KGSU SUSCs Convocations lecture programs can be seen on KGSU-TCable channel nine on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., as part of a tape delayed broadcast service. KGSU-TV- , in cooperation with SUSC Special Projects Administrator Lana Johnson, airs the Convocation lecture programs for general public viewing, said Nancy Dalton, KGSU-Tcommunity relations "director. Numerous requests for lecture reproductions have prompted this service and it is hoped those interested in follow-up- , or first time' viewing will respond to this opportunity, said Dalton. SUSC communication film each presentation students and the program is delayed to Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., Dalton said. Johnson indicates that the primary mission of the Convocations lecture program is to provide an added dimension to SUSC curriculum and to render meaningful service to the community. KGSU-Tand SUSC hope to be of service to those students, faculty staff, and citizens of the southern Utah area who look to SUSC for academic and cultural leadership in exploration of the arts, humanities, and public affairs. AlDWlICWOSOCfl U L. Li" LAI L- -: OF THE THUNDERBIRD pymuA'irDM Those interested may pick up an application from Barbara Morgan, 3rd floor Administration Building. Deadline: Monday,, March 10, 5 p.m. MARCH 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 1986 MAINSTAGE 8:00P.M. MONDAY-FRID- AY FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL 586-787- 6 STUDENTS FREE WITH ACTIVITY CARD. 1- -5 P.M. |