Pictured from left to right are: Monmouth College profesor Tom Sienkewicz and students Sarah Sherry, Seth Leitner, Lisa Adams, Rachel Strzelecki, Brian Wilcoxon, Savannah Dorsett, Ashley-Eve Downs, Alexander Hannah, Angelia Saulsberry, Mark Shoemaker, and Matthew Montgomery. The group visited the King Tut exhibit as part of a college field trip last week.

MONMOUTH, Ill. – A snowstorm that dropped nearly a foot of snow on Monmouth a week earlier couldn’t stop 11 Monmouth College students and a professor from making a trip to visit a famous Egyptian king last week.

Tom Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics, arranged the trip to the Chicago Field Museum to view the “King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs” exhibit. The idea for the trip came from Sienkewicz’ Introduction to Classical Studies class and quickly grew to include interested students from the entire campus.

“This trip was very valuable academically for the students in the classics seminar,” said Sienkewicz. “The students not only were able to view major artifacts from ancient Egypt but were also able to consider issues, including archaeological excavation, artifact preservation and museum display.”

Lisa Adams, a senior classics/history major from McHenry, agreed with Sienkewicz’s assessment.

“As a future Latin teacher, it was a very educational experience for me,” she said. “I found the burial procedures especially fascinating. I can now imagine taking my students to exhibits like this someday and introducing them first-hand to other ancient civilizations.”

The King Tut exhibit will be in Chicago through Jan. 1 before moving to Philadelphia and London.

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