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Andrew and I went to the ROM with my parents on Sunday, before their membership expires. We were mainly there for the Burgess Shale exhibit, which was slightly disappointing - it turned out to mostly be about the expedition that found the fossils, rather than the fossils themselves - but my father the BC-born geographer greatly enjoyed the panoramic photos of the Rockies.
The Wedgewood exhibit was better - apart from the beautiful ceramics, I always say Josiah Wedgewood was one of those guys you could go back in time and kill if you really wanted to mess up modern history - not only did he revolutionize English pottery and invent many marketing practices, he was one of Darwin's grandparents.
I also found the Mysteries of the Ancient Ukraine exhibit intriguing, though my brief attempt at follow-up research online hasn't panned out - I don't think there's much more known about the Trypillians/Trypilians than was shown in the exhibit - plus I stumbled across a white-supremacist site - guys, I know you're desperate for examples of an advanced bunch of probably-white people in the Neolithic era that you can point at and go neener-neener about, but really, it's exciting that anybody was making stylized yet oddly lifelike clay figures and maybe-possibly-wheeled vehicles six thousand years ago - trying to hitch your self-esteem to their accomplishments just makes you look pathetic.
On a totally unrelated note, my omelette-making skillz are now, if not mad, at least slightly unbalanced.
The Wedgewood exhibit was better - apart from the beautiful ceramics, I always say Josiah Wedgewood was one of those guys you could go back in time and kill if you really wanted to mess up modern history - not only did he revolutionize English pottery and invent many marketing practices, he was one of Darwin's grandparents.
I also found the Mysteries of the Ancient Ukraine exhibit intriguing, though my brief attempt at follow-up research online hasn't panned out - I don't think there's much more known about the Trypillians/Trypilians than was shown in the exhibit - plus I stumbled across a white-supremacist site - guys, I know you're desperate for examples of an advanced bunch of probably-white people in the Neolithic era that you can point at and go neener-neener about, but really, it's exciting that anybody was making stylized yet oddly lifelike clay figures and maybe-possibly-wheeled vehicles six thousand years ago - trying to hitch your self-esteem to their accomplishments just makes you look pathetic.
On a totally unrelated note, my omelette-making skillz are now, if not mad, at least slightly unbalanced.
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