WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today
WHERE: Louisiana Art and Science Museum, 100 River Road.
FEATURING: A day of family activities related to ancient Egypt. Enter the tomb and see the mummy, have your name written in hieroglyphics, smell the fragrances of ancient Egypt and view the film “Mysteries of the Nile” in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium.
ADMISSION: $6 for museum, $8 with planetarium; $5 and $7 for children under 12 and seniors over 65. Special group rates available.
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Visitors examine scarab beetles and ushabtis, mummy-shaped figurines, Friday afternoon at the newly renovated Ptolemaic Egypt area inside the Louisiana Art and Science Museum.