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- New Book: Tutankhamun's Footwear
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. When Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's treasure-packed tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, he found a large collection of footwear of different sizes and shapes. "It is the only evidence...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things At The Michael C. Carlos Museum
Artdaily.org The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things
Media-Newswire The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
Exhibition: Tutankhamun in Indianapolis
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By the time of Tutankhamun’s birth, Egypt had been a superpower for nearly two centuries. The nation itself had been formed about 1,600 years earlier, and the great pyramids at Giza were already ancient edifices at more than one thousand years old. Modern scholars generally divide the history of Egypt into periods and dynasties – families of monarchs that ruled and influenced Egyptian civilization. These monarchs would eventually become to be known as “pharaohs,” a word that literally translates as “Great House,” in reference to the king’s palace. While these mighty rulers helped significantly mold and shape this great culture, most people fail to remember the names of the “high kings” of ancient Egypt. Some may then seem to think it strange that Tutankhamun, a short-lived king, is the name that conjures up the image of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh today. Interestingly enough, the popularity of King Tut, as he is most commonly known, can be better attributed to the discovery of his nearly intact tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 and the thousands of marvels that this discovery provided than anything intrinsic of the young king’s reign. It is for these reasons that society now thinks of Tutankhamun as Egypt's most famous pharaoh.
See the above page for more.
- New Book: Tutankhamun's Footwear
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. When Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's treasure-packed tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, he found a large collection of footwear of different sizes and shapes. "It is the only evidence...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things At The Michael C. Carlos Museum
Artdaily.org The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things
Media-Newswire The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- 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...
- 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...