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- 500,000 Visitors To Tutankhamun At The Field
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4416927The last report I posteed about ticket sales in Chicago announced that they had just past 400,000 visitors at the end of June. This very brief report announces that another 100,000 visitors...
- More On Tutankhamun Exhibition
The dark side of King Tuthttp://www.suntimes.com/output/galleries/cst-ftr-tut26.htmlAn article looking at some of the darker aspects of the Eighteenth Dynasty, which the author detects beneath the glitter and beauty of the artefacts: "the fabled wealth...
- Update: The Exelon Sarcophagus
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tut26.htmlFurther to yesterday's posting about the Excelon boss who upset Zahi Hawass by keeping an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus in his office: "A Chicago executive who found himself in unexpectedly hot...
- Exhibition: Unveiling Tutankhamun In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/m3cju (chicagotribune.com) This page appears to be available without the usual compulsary registration. It covers the official unveiling of the Tutankhamun exhibiton in Chicago on Wednesday, which was attended by Zahi Hawass amongst...
- Tutankhamun - Chicago Tickets Go On Sale
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-met24.html Tutankhamun madness is up for grabs in Chicago: "Tickets go on sale today at 9 a.m. at the Field Museum for the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition. The exhibit, which debuts...
Egypt
Beating the heat at the Field
http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-field27.html
Article about how the Field Museum in Chicago is taking measures against the heat, during the Tutankhamun exhibition: "The centrifugal chiller cooling system brought relief to exhibit curators throughout the 87-year-old, 1.25 million square foot institution by providing the one thing crucial to the preservation of priceless artifacts: year-round temperature control. Tut's caretakers require the exhibit to maintain a temperature between 68 and 70 degrees with 45 percent to 50 percent humidity, 24 hours a day. These ranges ensure the resin-soaked linen bandages covering Tut's salt-and baking-soda-treated leathery skin don't crack from climate-related expansion and contraction. But Tut isn't the only one with sensitive skin. There is Mfuwe, the largest man-eating lion on record, and flocks of North American birds, not to mention paper-and-cloth artifacts that also require temperature and moisture stability."
- 500,000 Visitors To Tutankhamun At The Field
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4416927The last report I posteed about ticket sales in Chicago announced that they had just past 400,000 visitors at the end of June. This very brief report announces that another 100,000 visitors...
- More On Tutankhamun Exhibition
The dark side of King Tuthttp://www.suntimes.com/output/galleries/cst-ftr-tut26.htmlAn article looking at some of the darker aspects of the Eighteenth Dynasty, which the author detects beneath the glitter and beauty of the artefacts: "the fabled wealth...
- Update: The Exelon Sarcophagus
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tut26.htmlFurther to yesterday's posting about the Excelon boss who upset Zahi Hawass by keeping an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus in his office: "A Chicago executive who found himself in unexpectedly hot...
- Exhibition: Unveiling Tutankhamun In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/m3cju (chicagotribune.com) This page appears to be available without the usual compulsary registration. It covers the official unveiling of the Tutankhamun exhibiton in Chicago on Wednesday, which was attended by Zahi Hawass amongst...
- Tutankhamun - Chicago Tickets Go On Sale
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-met24.html Tutankhamun madness is up for grabs in Chicago: "Tickets go on sale today at 9 a.m. at the Field Museum for the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition. The exhibit, which debuts...