Egypt
- Exelon Chief's Sarcophagus At The Field
http://tinyurl.com/h67g7 (chicagotribune.com) "A nicely painted but none-too-fancy 2,200-year-old Egyptian coffin that stirred up a hornet's nest of trouble late in May has joined the Field Museum's permanent exhibits on daily life in Egypt in...
- 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 Exhibition In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/qqpts (Chicago Tribune) An article looking at the work that is going into making the Chicago leg of the exhibition work smoothly. The focus is mainly on the work of the McMillan Group, whose team have tailored the exhibition to suit...
- Mellon Financial To Sponsor Tutankhamn
http://tinyurl.com/ey4os (Business Wire)"Mellon Financial Corporation has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based AEG Exhibitions, Arts and Exhibitions International, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and National Geographic, with cooperation...
- More Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/bkfne (Chicago Tribune Metromix) "After the last Tut exhibit returned to Egypt in the early 1980s from its long U.S. and European tour, the Egyptian parliament passed laws barring future tours outside Egypt.In a telephone interview...
Egypt
Corporate sarcophagus irks Hawass
http://tinyurl.com/rzxav (monstersandcritics.com)
Thanks very much to the U.S. graduate student who sent me links to the following minor controversy which blew up at a Chicago media preview: "A major U.S. sponsor of a traveling exhibit of Egyptian King Tutankhamen artifacts has been criticized for keeping a sarcophagus in its headquarters. The incident happened Wednesday at Chicago`s Field Museum during a media preview of 'Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,' which opens to the public Friday. During remarks from one of the show`s national sponsors, Randy Mehrberg, executive vice president of Chicago-based Exelon Corp., said he was standing in for CEO John Rowe, and that Rowe was such a fan of antiquities, he had a 2,600-year-old sarcophagus in his office. That infuriated Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt`s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the Chicago Tribune reported. 'I don`t think this is right,' Hawass said. 'An artifact like this is not supposed to be in an office or a home, but in a museum. How can he sponsor an exhibit like King Tut and keep an artifact like this in his office?' An Exelon spokeswoman told the Tribune the sarcophagus 'is something John owns personally and it was acquired in a legal manner.' " This is the entire piece on the Monsters and Critics website, but more details can be found at the Chicago Tribune site (free subscription required):
http://tinyurl.com/ls5q6
http://tinyurl.com/lkt2e
- Exelon Chief's Sarcophagus At The Field
http://tinyurl.com/h67g7 (chicagotribune.com) "A nicely painted but none-too-fancy 2,200-year-old Egyptian coffin that stirred up a hornet's nest of trouble late in May has joined the Field Museum's permanent exhibits on daily life in Egypt in...
- 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 Exhibition In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/qqpts (Chicago Tribune) An article looking at the work that is going into making the Chicago leg of the exhibition work smoothly. The focus is mainly on the work of the McMillan Group, whose team have tailored the exhibition to suit...
- Mellon Financial To Sponsor Tutankhamn
http://tinyurl.com/ey4os (Business Wire)"Mellon Financial Corporation has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based AEG Exhibitions, Arts and Exhibitions International, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and National Geographic, with cooperation...
- More Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/bkfne (Chicago Tribune Metromix) "After the last Tut exhibit returned to Egypt in the early 1980s from its long U.S. and European tour, the Egyptian parliament passed laws barring future tours outside Egypt.In a telephone interview...