KeriLyn Burrows channeled her inner archaeologist on a two-week trip of a lifetime to Egypt and a few days in Jordan, including Petra. In addition to the usual sites — pyramids, Sphinx, Valley of the Kings (where a fellow explorer recognized her ’Berg Alumni hoodie during a hot air balloon ride), Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel — she toured the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum with the contents of King Tut’s tomb, cruised the Nile for five nights on a dahabeya, saw the mummy of King Tut in situ (something she never expected), stayed at the Winter Palace and Old Cataract hotels, and had the opportunity to spend time with several local families and craftspeople. Thanks to ’Berg’s Senior Scholar program in 2024-2025 and Fatma El-Turky, she was able to introduce herself in Arabic and hold a few very basic conversations.