fully prepared and adorned, the mummies were then placed in coffins. they were made from precious metals orved d oo. s hous the deceased and provided another vessel fotheir spirit. they were inscribed with images of deities-- another layer of protection to ensure safe passage into the netherworld. the mummy was now prepared for its westward journey across the nile. judging by the scenes of funeral processions in the tomb of the noble ramose, the bereaved dealt with the expression of grief much as we do today... but there was a major difference... egyptians bearing offerings-- food, wine, clothing, furniture-- joined the funeral procession. representations of these provisions weren't just pictures... egyptians believed what they depicted would come into being. i think it's important, when you look at objects from an egyptian tomb, including the decorations on the walls and the mummy itself and even the elements of food and furniture, to remember that all of it was functional. functional not in the way that we would think about used in daily life. now so

with mummy nets and the upper echelons of anyptian society ted lar elaborately dressed thd with mummy nets as symbols of kingly power. the muies wereen adorned and protted with precious metals-- their fingers and toes sheathed in gold, their faces covered with luminous masks. (narrator) color carried special significance in ancient egyptian funeral rituals-- the red granite used in this sarcophagus was also associated with the sun... black stone, the color of the fertile soil of the nile valley, carried with it associations of resurrection and rebirth, and often referred to eternal life. fully prepared and adorned, the mummies were then placed in coffins. they were made from precious metals orved gi. coffs housed the deceased and provided another vsel for their spirit. they were inscribed with images of deities-- another layer of protection to ensure safe passage into the netherworld. the mummy was now prepared for its westward journey across the nile. judging by the scenes of funeral processions in the tomb of the noble ramose, the bereaved dealt with the expression of grief much as

the mummy, aircraft carrier beth troutman and then those eyebrows make it clearly obvious that nick is dracula. >> and you, gayle, are the witch. ♪ double trouble >> ah! ♪ i'll be choking them up platform boots and i'm strutting my stuff ♪ >> frankenstein. >> cool. a lot taller than i am. that's not going to happen. >> all right. ♪ and the brew is at at party, yeah ♪ >> got move, woman. >> yeah, you do. >> clearly not my body dancing because i can't dance. and look at beth breaking it down. ♪ i'm out of control like i was

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the mummy, aircraft carrier beth troutman and then those eyebrows make it clearly obvious that nick iscula. >> and you, gayle, are the witch. ♪ double trouble >> ah! ♪ i'll be choking them up platform boots and i'm strutting my stuff ♪ >> frankenstein. >> cool. a lot taller than i am. that's not going to happen. >> all right. ♪ and the brew is at at party, yeah ♪ >> got move, woman. >> yeah, you do. >> clearly not my body dancing because i can't dance. and look at beth breaking it down. ♪ i'm out of control like i was buried ♪ >> awesome, beth's voice exactly right. [ laughter ] ♪ from here, that's what >> happy halloween. >> to see the whole thing and break it down, go to our website, rightthisminute.com and click on the best of "rtm." ♪ make you >>> all right. beth, as you know, it is halloweentime. >> yes. >> so i wanted to get you a really, really nice and really, really big gift. and the big gift is actually under my sheet. close your eyes. >> okay. >> now, you know halloween is a lot about candy. >> yep. >> well, it's a real big treat for just you and i -- >> what is it? open my

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the egyptians liked roast chicken, too, you can tell by their -- the mummies of their roasted chickensd roasted river [indiscernible] and ibis that they keep in their giant bake house, the pyramids. we are on page 3, you know. [laughter] so i thought like how did he get there from new bedford to ancient cairo. so this is a wonderful kind of story telling. >> it seems to me that the work you are doing right now, the stuff touring with dirt days and ssuff that you do generally combines the abstract and very much here and now. a lot of elements of what's going on in the world right now. you are obviously a voracious readdr, you mentioned to me the touring that you do, i asked you how you managed to survive all of those travel days and all of those miles and you said i read. >> yeah. >> you pretty much spend all of your time reading. >> on the plane, yeah. >> yeah. >> so this tour, it's a little short two-week thing. it started out in lithuania, then -- so there i was reading an incredible book, really like to recommend my struggle by karl [indiscernible] nelsgard, really our proust, a rea

you can make great mummies out of it, as well. in the middle of the night. . a talking toilet paper roll. i like that. good purpose for that. talking toilet paper roll. other stuff from a company called justtoiletpaper.com. next for a party, caramel apple, caramel apple maker. it's fun. kids can get involved in it. don't have to be at the top of the stove, easy to do. dip them in here, roll them around. >> it's not hot enough. >> you get the idea. >> mr. tech guy. >> i'm not -- >> making it work. >> oh, nasty. i like it, though. >> nasty. >> what's wrong with you? >> took off those ears, really. >> this is indoor, flameless marshmallow roaster. >> this is genius. you can make smores or whatever you want, but don't have to have burning fire. >> i don't see it. >> don't have time. next, bryce over here. >> look, bryce, so glad bryce is here. >> bryce is wearing scrub gloves. these are halloween gloves designed for cleaning outside and inside the pumpkin. >> that's a messy job. >> it is a messy job. they're also washing machine safe.

sunshine, 68 in heyward and 72 at palo alto, the home of the stanford theatre, which is showing the mummy last night, i think. and the packards help to restore. packard is the student in stanford. 74 degrees at antioch; 76, brentwood; 74, livermore and up in the north bay, the numbers are mostly in the 70s and the beach, stinson, doug error error friendly beach, by the way, the north half of the beach. 63 degrees and in daly city, 61 and in to the city, 62 and ahead, looking for temperatures to recoverer to near 80 degrees by next weekend and in the meantime, the low pressure is going to keep us school by now and wednesday. tuesday night, wednesday, if it gets wet, you heard it here first, i hope. and near the coast line, the numbers in the low 60s. next weekend, though, saturday and into the low 80s. and this is supposed to be good weather this time of the year. if you define good weather, sunshine and warm readings, not everyone does. >> okay. >> you're right about that. >> and that is naive. >> last week, it looked the same out there and colder. >> two things first. when i think of you

there's one in mummy form, there is one in reaching form. and here's my favorite one, like adam's family style. hold this. >> okay. >> three aas, and you can put them anywhere in your home and let them do whatever you want. >> oh, wait a minute. oh, that feels good. nice. and lastly you've got a little app thing. >> we can't talk about halloween without talking about apps. this is one of my favorite apps of all time. this is ghost capture, 1.5 million downloads to date. you can add a ghost to it. you can change the transparency, change the size. you can add civil war ghosts, possessed demon children. >> you've obviously been to my house at dinner. >> and al, the people over at ghost capture know you have eyes always in the control room, so they created your very own custom al ghost. yeah, you're omni-present. >> that's right. i'm always haunting my director joe michaels. all right, katie, thank you so much. >> yay. >> great to see you. and on october 31st, we're going to be throwing our annual halloween bash. so come on down to the plaza. >>

. >> you go inside the mummies and the pyramids and the tombs, you see this on the drawings.uld worship him as a symbol of power. they will get three-times as big. that animal can catch a bird. can grab a bird flying by. >> leap off the ground, catch a bird in flight. this is amazing. >> a youngster. it has big beautiful tufts. it looks really royal. they're from northern africa. and asia. >> and human flesh, jack? i'm getting a little feeding going on. >> i'm sure they will be giving it to you to have no handler on them. >> and rob's friend now. we saw all morning long. >> this is merlin. >> merlin is my man. he is in eveningwear. >> and the story of the penguins, they mate for life. >> if you can imagine, the female lays the egg. the female sits on it for 30 or 40 days. she takes off and has a good time in the ocean. and comes back when the baby's born. >> the one penguin that does not mate for life, danny devito. it was there. it was there. come on. jumping out. really. >> wow. >> too soon. >> come, now. >> moving on to our tortoise here. >> this is a cottage tortoise righ

mummy has a bump and i have to take care of it before the christmas party. >> yes and working class womenresult of getting an abortion increasing dramatically because most women, except for those privileged few don't have access to a doctor or a clean environment where they can have the procedure done. >> stephanie: yep. >> this is about women's lives more than anything. you also had the congressman who said you don't need abortions for rape of the mother because technology can take care of that. >> stephanie: exactly. barry gibsons on fox news. >> this would be a sweep, right. so the markets i think would take off for a couple of reasons businesses would be happy because they like romney's plans to cut taxes and slash regulations. and single-party control makes it more likely that we would get a deal. >> would it be a deal? >> stephanie: so the stock market has doubled under president obama, but it would really take off under romney. >> the stock market has doubled under obama because people are so excited to get rid of him. >> stephanie: yeah right. david limbaugh -- rush's brother. >>

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in about 50 minutes, frank don katella on the mummy-writing campaign. david corn on the hidden video of mitt romney making the 47% comment. health care reporter at lake elkridge on the future of medicare. host: congress is not in a formal session but the house oversight and for remote reform committee will meet today to the to the security situations leading up to the attacks in libya. the state put out a rise, about the attacks that, according to "the washington times" were prompted by a car to and from the prophet muhammed. the supreme court is in full swing cases on affirmative action. we have more from adam to tell us about the case. you had a cover story yesterday in "the new york times" featuring abigail fisher. who is she and what is this case about? guest: she is a young white woman from texas, it was turned down, and she was sued, saying her race was held against her. that gives rise to a major affirmative action case question of whether public colleges and universities can take race into account in fashioning their student bodies to make sure