Berlin - The New Museum: lots of Egyptians

The 'Neues Museum'(New Museum) has lots of cool Egyptian stuff.

I really liked these statues.
They are Echnaton (right) and his wife Nefertiti (left).

Echnaton was a Pharaoh who believed that a statue should look like the person it's supposed to be instead of making the statue look prettier like other Pharaohs apparently did. He wasn't very handsome himself, but his wife Nefertiti has been called the most beautiful woman in the world.

Another Pharaoh, most probably prettified.

I really liked these statues.
The man on the right looks so happy.

I also saw lots of hieroglyphs.
Look: a bird!
I wondered if they also have some with pigs and decided to keep an eye out for more animals.

Here's a mural with a Pharaoh who just got a really big birthday cake.

Another statue of a Pharaoh.
Hmm... Lots of Pharaohs, but where are the pigs?

I did find a statue with a sheep!

The Egyptians even made statues of entire families, much like people make family portraits nowadays. I bet they had to sit still much longer than you have to do now when you get your portrait done.

I'm not sure what this statue is all about. It looks like a small person got stuck in a cube.

Still no pigs though....
tune in tomorrow to find out if I found them.