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- More Re Tutankhamun In Australia
drhawass.com Press Release. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced today that the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition will travel to Melbourne, Australia at the beginning of April 2011. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In New York
abc local (Sandra Bookman) With video of exhibitin preview. For the first time in more than three decades, King Tut is back in New York. And this time around, we know a lot more about the ancient boy king. It's the last stop of an eight-city tour,...
- Exhibition: Indiana Unveils Tutankhamun Treasures
Inside Indiana Business Over 130 treasures from the tomb of the “Boy King” and other important rulers from 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian history will be on exhibit at The Children's Museum. The exhibit will feature striking objects from some...
- Clarification Re Tutankhamun In Vienna
I have corrected yesterday's post in which I reported, in error, that the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs, which is currently in London, was moving to Vienna. In fact, the next stop for the Golden Age exhibition is Dallas, U.S....
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In London
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge, Editor of Ancient Egypt magazine for the following: A meeting special meeting was held at the Dome in Greenwich on Monday 12th March to the forthcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition....
Egypt
Exhibition: More reTutankhamun
Reuters Africa
Through a succession of rooms, visitors see statues, empty jars for mummified body parts, masks and daily objects.
Turning a corner, the visitor is confronted by a life-sized bust of the boy king. Then comes the heart of the exhibition with gold figurines and the ceremonial trappings of power.
"To stand in the presence of an object that Tut touched or saw takes us back in time," said John Taylor of the British Museum.
In all, 130 objects, none less than 3,000 years old, are on display, including 50 from the tomb itself such as the boy king's gold crown.
Some critics have said the organisers have debased the treasures with merchandising that includes a Tutankhamun shot glass, mummy fridge magnets and a King Tut headband.
"The exhibition doesn't totally escape the risks of profiteering ... but it is often powerful, sometimes provocative and always worth seeing" the New York Times commented when the show was in the United States.
- More Re Tutankhamun In Australia
drhawass.com Press Release. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced today that the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition will travel to Melbourne, Australia at the beginning of April 2011. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In New York
abc local (Sandra Bookman) With video of exhibitin preview. For the first time in more than three decades, King Tut is back in New York. And this time around, we know a lot more about the ancient boy king. It's the last stop of an eight-city tour,...
- Exhibition: Indiana Unveils Tutankhamun Treasures
Inside Indiana Business Over 130 treasures from the tomb of the “Boy King” and other important rulers from 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian history will be on exhibit at The Children's Museum. The exhibit will feature striking objects from some...
- Clarification Re Tutankhamun In Vienna
I have corrected yesterday's post in which I reported, in error, that the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs, which is currently in London, was moving to Vienna. In fact, the next stop for the Golden Age exhibition is Dallas, U.S....
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In London
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge, Editor of Ancient Egypt magazine for the following: A meeting special meeting was held at the Dome in Greenwich on Monday 12th March to the forthcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition....