Egypt
$36 m returns of Tut's tour of four American states
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190725q.htm
"Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities said that Egypt would harvest $ 36 million from the tour of Tutankhamun's exhibition in four American States. He said that the golden pharaoh managed to fascinate the American people again 26 years after the first exhibition. This came in a symposium titled "Tutankhamen invaded America" organized by Mubarak's Public Library in Giza. He said that the number of the exhibition visitors in Los Angles reached 10,000 a day while the price of a ticket jumped to $30 in the weekend".
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Exhibition: Tutankhamun In Indianapolis
Huliq Another story about the build-up to the move of the Golden Pharaohs to Indianapolis. Don't forget that if you are in London in August you have just one month to see the exhibition at the O2 in Greenwich. I shall be going along for one last visit...
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Exhibition: Asian, American Tour For Egypt's Sunken Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, said on Thursday 3/7/2008 that it has been decided to move the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition to take a tour in Japan and the United States. This comes after the great success...
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Mubarak Invited To Open Exhibition
http://tinyurl.com/rlgs8 (State Information Service) "The Chicago-based Field Museum has invited President Hosni Mubarak to open the Golden Pharaoh Exhibition in mid May, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said on Tuesday...
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More Reported Figures For The Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050912/2005091227.html From the Arabic News website: "A half million Americans visited Tutankhamen exhibition being staged at Los Angeles Museum for Arts during the past three months, setting a record for the...
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Hatshepsut Visits Three Us States
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o090925g.htm"An exhibition for Egyptian artifacts will be staged in three American states as of mid-October for three months under the title Hatshepsut the Queen and Pharaoh. Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Prime...
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