Burial Chamber Explorer Journal

Hello.  Explorer Noah Matricciani here.  I am recording this message because I have found the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Nefertiti.  In this tomb, I have found the most magnificent items; from canonic jars to beautiful gold necklaces to even an Ancient Egyptian boat.  All of the items in Nefertiti's  tomb have not been touched since the tomb was sealed forever.  That means that no grave robbers have entered this tomb at all.
Already, I can understand why some of the items are in this tomb.  You see, the canonic jars hold all of the preserved organs that were once inside Nefertiti's body such as the liver, lungs, stomach, and the intestines.  The necklaces and beautiful clothing is probably some of the Pharaoh's prized possessions.  The boat that is in the tomb was probably put there so it would bring safe voyages to the Ba as it travels through the afterlife on Ra's sun boat.
On the walls of the tomb, there are also very descriptive paintings that show the mummification process.  The first painting shows the announcement of death and how a big crowd of people looks like they're getting ready to mourn.  The second painting  depicts the process known as embalming the body where priests are shown draining the fluids out of the corpse of Nefertiti.  The next painting shows the priests sticking a hook through the corpse's nose and pulling out the brain.  The fourth painting shows how the priests then cut a little slit on the left side of the abdomen and the priests pull out the live, lungs, stomach, and the intestines.  This painting also shows the priests putting linen, straw, and other packing materials into the body to keep the general shape of the person.  The fifth painting shows the drying out process where the corpse is placed on a tilted slab with salt so all of the liquids can drain into a basin below.  The next painting shows the wrapping of the body where the priests are using hundreds of yards of linen to wrap the body and the priests would put charms and amulets in between each layer of wrapping.  After the wrapping, the same painting also shows how the mummy had make-up applied and false eyes inserted so Nefertiti's Ka would be able to recognize it's body.  Nefertiti is then put into a exquisitely decorated coffin.  The second to last painting shows the final procession where mourners follow the coffin to the tomb where the opening of the mouth ceremony takes place.  The final painting shows the opening of the mouth ceremony where priests touch certain parts of the body with certain instruments so that the mummy can eat, see, hear, and move in the afterlife.  The painting also shows the body being put in the tomb so it can be sealed forever.
Well, now it's time to send this beautiful piece of history to the lab so it can be studied and I can figure out more about Nefertiti.

Artifact Explorer Journal

Hello, scientist Noah Matricciani speaking.   I'm writing today to report my magnificent finds that I made in southern Jordan.  What I have found are truly going to tell us the multiple information about the human beings past.  The items that I have found are a satchel that was used in the old days for seeds, and a stone axe.  Just glancing at these ancient artifacts without running any tests I can almost tell what year the person who owned these tools came from.  We know that since the person who was once  here used a stone axe we can determine that the person who owned this axe was from one of the three stone ages.  What's an even better clue to what year this person lived in would be the satchel for the seeds.  Since farming started southwest Asia (where I am now) and farming began around 11,000 years ago.  I can estimate that the person who used to own these items came from the year circa 9,000 B.C.!  What an amazing discovery.  I can't wait to put in my discoveries into the lab so I can get an even better estimate to what year this ancient human being lived in.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Explorer Journal entry #1:

Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates can connect with all of the five themes of geography.  Dubai is able to connect with location because as I said before, it is one of the seven Emirates in the United Arab Emirates.  A relative location would be saying that Dubai is in the Middle East.  Dubai can also connect with place because Dubai has many unique features.  For example, Dubai has many big cities like the Dubai Marina, but in between those cities there is just sand and goats and it's basically a desert.  Dubai also has people that dress differently than other countries.  For example, some of the people there were shawls to cover almost there entire body.  The men wear white and the women wear black.  The way human environment interaction connects with Dubai is that the people of Dubai make the desert turn into big cities so there is some pollution and in Dubai, there are sometimes sandstorms due to the desert environment.   Movement can connect with Dubai because because people and goods travel due to airports, walking and driving.  You can drive to the next Emirate over if you ever choose to.  Also, since there are a lot of rich people on Dubai, those people tend to fly private jets.  The last theme, region, also connects with Dubai because like most places in the Middle East, most of the land in Dubai is a desert so there is a lot of sand and cacti and desert plants.  Also, there is a lot of oil there so the are lots of oil refineries and oil factories.