The "Ashes" is a test cricket series played between England and Australia (see more in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes).This picture on the left is the urn that was presented to the England team when they lost their first match against Australia back in 1882 (the urn is so small that the actual size is probably just three times the picture). An obituary was posted in The Sporting Times stating that the English cricket had died due to the loss and that the body will be cremated (cremation was a taboo during this time) and brought to Australia.
Anyway, the reason I was blogging this is because the urn is being featured at the Museum of Sydney, just a few blocks from our office. Our office had a field trip this afternoon to see this special urn. Cricket fan or not, there were about ten of us who went. For $10 bucks, you get to see this little urn displayed in a small box in the museum.
Because of its fragility, this urn is being displayed at the Museum of Lord's...and is only the third time its been to Australia. Sir Richard Branson (Mr Virgin Airlines) flew this little thing himself to Australia.
If you want to read more about it, here are some links:
http://www.ecb.co.uk/england/ashes-urn-visiting-australia,10418,EN.html
http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/ashes-urn,619,NS.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/cricket/3420491.stm
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Sydney-fans-to-see-Ashes-urn/2006/10/21/1160851167224.html
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