Egypt
The Independent (Tim Lubbock)
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- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In New York
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- Exhibition: More Re Tutankhamun In London
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=616"The Tutankhamun exhibition opening at the Dome (now renamed the O2) on 15 November could transform the UK exhibition scene. Over 2m visitors are expected for the Egyptian treasures which will remain...
- Exhibition: More On Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs
http://www.altoonamirror.com/Life/articles.asp?articleID=9682"King Tutankhamun became perhaps the world’s oldest media darling when British archaeologists discovered his approximately 3,300-year-old tomb in 1922. A display of his treasures set traveling...
Egypt
Exhibition: Tutankhamun deserves more showbiz
The Independent (Tim Lubbock)
This article offers a rather different take on the exhibition, supporting the blockbuster approach:
The rumour was that, compared to the scholarly British Museum exhibit of a generation ago, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs was going to be a much more showbiz affair – not so much Tutankhamun as Tutankhabut.Would that be so wrong? The ancient Egyptians obviously believed in the power of bling. So do we still.
Besides, Tutankhamun was always a glamorous pharaoh. A very minor king in his time, he owes all of his celebrity to the glories of his tomb, and its much-publicised discovery, perfectly intact, in 1922.
I remember that I was taken to that show as a child, and being told that it was very important. But of the show itself I remember absolutely nothing.
And when I think of all the parties of kids who are going to be marched off to see this new one, I can only feel that, far from being too showbiz, the O2 show isn't nearly showbiz enough.
- 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: Tutankhamun's Funeral
SILive (Michael J. Fressola) Now that “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is headed this way (opening Friday in the Times Square Discovery Center), it’s the perfect time to attend “Tutankhamun’s Funeral” a small but disproportionately...
- Exhibition: More Re Tutankhamun In London
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=616"The Tutankhamun exhibition opening at the Dome (now renamed the O2) on 15 November could transform the UK exhibition scene. Over 2m visitors are expected for the Egyptian treasures which will remain...
- Exhibition: More On Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs
http://www.altoonamirror.com/Life/articles.asp?articleID=9682"King Tutankhamun became perhaps the world’s oldest media darling when British archaeologists discovered his approximately 3,300-year-old tomb in 1922. A display of his treasures set traveling...