Egypt
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/12968957.htm
- Tutankhamun Chariots Are Engineering Marvels
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the technical features...
- Tutankhamun Is A Big Draw Right To The End
The Philadelphia Inquirer With only one weekend to go, the Franklin Institute wanted to cram every last second it could into its nearly eight-month King Tut exhibit. So it did just that. The doors to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs have...
- Design Company Behind Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=12241 A feature about the design company responsible for the design of the LACMA Tutankhamun experience: "The exhibition's inventive design, contextual organization and relative didactic information...
- 2500-year-old Coffins Unearthed (updated)
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050226-074712-4473r A very short piece stating that an Australian mission has discovered 26th Dynasty coffins at Saqqara. Update: A far more detailed article, complete with photograph and description of...
- Mummy Of A Child And Other Items Stolen From Ancient Tomb
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/8985729.htm "A mummy more than 3,000 years old and other items have been stolen from a Pharaonic tomb near this southern Egyptian city....The missing objects were taken from the tomb of a nobleman who lived...
Egypt
More re the impact of Tutankhamun on design
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/12968957.htm
"Egyptian has become the motif du jour, inspired by Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, a four-city traveling exhibit. The boy king may seem an unlikely design muse, but he has proven an inspiration since his burial chamber was discovered in 1922. The result back then was a worldwide craze for Egyptian design. He inspired decor from the grave again in 1976 with The Treasure of Tutankhamen exhibit. And now he promises to do it again. Savvy buyers — from specialty stores to discount home furnishings retailers — have recognized that King Tut’s return to the museum circuit could mean a new epidemic of pharaoh fever". See the full article for more.
- Tutankhamun Chariots Are Engineering Marvels
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With slideshow. King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the technical features...
- Tutankhamun Is A Big Draw Right To The End
The Philadelphia Inquirer With only one weekend to go, the Franklin Institute wanted to cram every last second it could into its nearly eight-month King Tut exhibit. So it did just that. The doors to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs have...
- Design Company Behind Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=12241 A feature about the design company responsible for the design of the LACMA Tutankhamun experience: "The exhibition's inventive design, contextual organization and relative didactic information...
- 2500-year-old Coffins Unearthed (updated)
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050226-074712-4473r A very short piece stating that an Australian mission has discovered 26th Dynasty coffins at Saqqara. Update: A far more detailed article, complete with photograph and description of...
- Mummy Of A Child And Other Items Stolen From Ancient Tomb
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/8985729.htm "A mummy more than 3,000 years old and other items have been stolen from a Pharaonic tomb near this southern Egyptian city....The missing objects were taken from the tomb of a nobleman who lived...