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Get a sneak peek at the Ancient Egypt Exhibition in the Magic City—it's worth it! Explosive!

🌟Shanghai Pyramid Adventure: The Pharaoh's Code by the Huangpu River🌟 Strolling through the "Pyramid Peak" exhibition hall at the Shanghai World Expo Museum, the Oriental Pearl Tower outside the glass walls and the papyrus inside the display cases create a strange collision of time and space—this city, always racing toward the future, is now pressing pause on ancient Egyptian civilization with golden scarab symbols. 🔮 Hidden Easter Eggs in the Exhibition: 1️⃣ "Book of the Dead" Neon Phantom In the 3D holographic projection area, chapters of the ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead" flow with the sound of the Huangpu River cruise ship’s whistle. I suddenly noticed the hieroglyph for "eternity," which astonishingly resembles the silhouette of the Pudong skyline. The guide chuckled, saying this was a surprise Easter egg planted by the curator. 2️⃣ Shanghai Version of the Pharaoh’s Curse In front of the statue of Bastet, the cat goddess with a mysterious smile, there’s an old Shanghai calendar from the 1930s. Back then, an expatriate collector tapped the base of the sacred cat statue with a jade cigarette holder at the Peace Hotel, causing a citywide blackout along the Bund that very night. A playful "Do Not Imitate" warning sticker has been added to the exhibit label. 3️⃣ Dialogue Between the Huangpu River and the Nile In the AR experience zone, a virtual guide in a qipao will tell you: research from the Shanghai Geological Museum shows that the mineral composition of the Yangtze River Delta’s alluvial layers overlaps with that of the Nile River sediments in 17 types. "Maybe beneath your feet lie undiscovered fragments of obelisks." The most stunning is the "Egyptian Altar" exhibit, transformed from a miniature model of the Yuyuan Garden’s Huxin Pavilion. The patterns of the Nine-turn Bridge have been replicated as surveying tools used by pyramid builders, but the real secret lies in the interactive device—scan the QR code, and your phone’s navigation app will show a "walking route" from People’s Square to the Giza Pyramids. As I walked out of the exhibition hall, the dusk light gilded the museum like gold leaf. Suddenly, I understood the curator’s deep meaning: Shanghai itself is the "Nile Delta of the East," where every encounter of ancient and modern civilizations is like papyrus blessed by the god Amun—recording history and foretelling the future.
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Posted: Aug 15, 2025
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