A/N: This story is going with current exhibits at the museum and a few I remember from my visit to a science museum on a school trip a few years ago. Plus the history is from what I remember at school.

"Captain Carter, it appears we have failed to keep a location on O'Neill and Daniel Jackson." Teal'c said to Sam. They'd been wandering around the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for over an hour. Jack and Daniel had disappeared while Sam was explaining some stellar phenomenon to Teal'c as they were viewing the Space Odyssey exhibit at the museum.

"Don't worry Teal'c. The Colonel and Daniel are very predictable I know exactly where to find them. Daniel will be over here." Sam pointed out a direction and they set off to locate the missing archaeologist

"Captain Carter what is the purpose of such museum's as this?" Teal'c asked.

"Museum's are places where they acquire, conserve and study things that have scientific, historical or artistic value. They have different exhibits so people can see different things. Think of them as a place to store all the type of things Daniel likes to find when we go on missions. Artefacts can be kept so everybody can come and see them and get to see things they wouldn't get to see everyday."

"I see." Teal'c replied.

"There are different types of museums, some that specialise in preserving works of art so people can see great paintings, or there are museums which keep thinks from specific eras of history or science museums like this."

"That was most informative. Thank you Captain Carter." Teal'c nodded his head as they entered an exhibit. "Some of these artefacts seem most familiar." Teal'c pointed.

"They probably would, Daniel has some similar ones in his office. This exhibit is about Egyptian Mummies. The people at the museum have been studying the bodies of two of them. You see thousands of years ago, the people of Egypt had rulers called Pharaohs, when they died they wanted to send them to the afterlife so they mummified them. The Egyptians believed in many gods and goddess." Sam said trying not to mention too much so they wouldn't reveal too much about their work. "Anyway when they died, there internal organs like their heart and their brain were removed and placed in five Canopic jars. Then the bodies were embalmed, basically pickled and preserved then they were wrapped tightly in bandages and placed in sarcophagus." Teal'c's eyes flashed quickly to her at the mention of the word sarcophagus. "Not that type of sarcophagus. These sarcophagus were placed in grand tombs, like the pyramids in the Valley of the Kings with the jars and grand possessions that the people thought they could use in the afterlife. That's the basics of it. I'm sure Daniel could explain it properly and in more detail."

"I have located Daniel Jackson." Teal'c said as he spotted him muttering under his breath something and a bad translation of the text of the sarcophagus.

"Hey Daniel having fun?" Sam asked.

"They have this translation all wrong. They're misleading all these people."

"Daniel, we have the weekend off and I'm sure the people who did the translation did their best, does it really matter?" Sam asked.

"Yes, I'm going to speak to the exhibit curator." Daniel started to walk off.

"Daniel." Sam said putting a hand on his arm to stop him. "Look we'll ask the Colonel, if he says it's okay to impart your knowledge to the museum I'll come with you and we'll talk to them but if he says no, we'll just enjoy the rest of our visit."

"Okay." Daniel conceded knowing he wasn't going to win when Sam was in military mode. "Where is Jack anyway?"

"Oh, I know exactly where to find him. Maybe you can explain the whole mummification process to Teal'c better than I can later."

"You tried to explain it to him?" Daniel questioned.

"Yes, maybe back at the base would be best. I stuck with my general Egyptian history from school, as it seemed the easiest to remember. I thought the more complex stuff which we work with could wait." She pointed out not revealing classified information.

"I see your point. So where do you think Jack is?"

"Daniel, what does the Colonel do every time comes into one of our labs?" Sam asked as they walked across to a different area of the museum.

"He picks things up and we try to stop him from breaking them." Daniel replied.

"Exactly."

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They found him a few minutes later exactly where Sam thought he would be. Sam stood with her arms crossed over her chest, flanked either side by Daniel and Teal'c watching as he CO became enthralled with the lightning ball. He reached his hand out and touched the glass and the lightening inside flickered up to touch his point of contact. He drew his finger back and the ball went back to flickering in the centre. He reached out and placed all his fingers on the glass, the electricity sparked to his fingers. Jack withdrew his hands and was about to touch his finger to it again when Sam cleared her throat.

"Colonel." Jack jumped up and put his hands behind his back.

"Hey guys."

"Having fun there Jack?" Daniel asked. Sam bit back a smile.

"Interactive science, wave of the future."

"Nice sentiment sir." Sam said.

"I believe it say that on the sign at the entrance to this exhibit Captain Carter." Teal'c pointed.

"Daniel, note we're getting the Colonel a lightning ball for his next birthday. Speaking of Daniel, he would like permission to go and talk to the museum curator about a bad translation on the Egyptian exhibit he thinks is misleading the museums patrons." Sam informed him.

"Danny can't you take the weekend off, and do you really want to upset the natives?" Jack asked.

"Jack the translation is wrong, it's like Sam reading a list of chemical's wrong and mixing them, causing an explosion."

"Danny, I really don't think translating a few Egyptian words is as bad as Carter blowing the science lab at her high school." Sam looked at Jack then Daniel. She wanted to know how Jack had found out as the only person she had told about that was Janet.

"Still, these people are working under a misconception." Daniel protested.

"Fine. Go tell them, Carter go with him flash your Air Force ID and explain that he's not a lunatic escaped from the asylum."

"Yes sir. Are you and Teal'c going to be here when we get back?" She inquired.

"Just teaching Teal'c the finer points of science." Sam nodded. She broke out in a huge smile as she and Daniel went off to find the museum curator.