Egypt
- Figures On The U.s. Leg Of The Tutankhamun Tour
International Herald Tribune The Franklin Institute Science Museum's blockbuster King Tut show has turned out to be its most popular exhibit ever. Officials said Monday that more than 1.3 million people visited the exhibit "Tutankhamun and the Golden...
- Exhibition: Opening Hours For Final Weekend Of Tutankhamun
Courier Post Online For anyone in a position to make a last mad dash to the exhibition in Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute has changed its opening hours for the final weekend, to meet an anticipated last-minute influx. The new opening hours will be...
- Franklin Museum Welcomes Millionth Ticket Holder To Tutankhamun
Huliq.com Just weeks after celebrating its one millionth visitor of 2007, The Franklin Institute sold the one millionth ticket for “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," putting the museum on track to become the most successful venue on the...
- Exhibitions: Tutankhamun And Akhenaten
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=4963597 Video to accompany the Tutankhamun exhibition as it is being set up in Philadelphia. The video particularly features the so-called mannequin. The exhibition opens at the Franklin Institute...
- Plans For Tutankhamen In Philadelphia
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/15989183.htm "Tourism promoters are hoping that after their next advertising campaign, even Tut, the boy king, will know Philly's more fun when you sleep over. The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing...
Egypt
More re Tutankhamun at the Franklin Institute
Setting record figures
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5135125
"Officials said Tuesday that more than 616,000 tickets for "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" have been sold or reserved since they went on sale in November. . . . Museum officials said the current exhibition, which featuring treasures found in the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king, is on track to draw 1 million visitors before it closes Sept. 30."
Disappointed by the Tutankhamun exhibition
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5135125
"Officials said Tuesday that more than 616,000 tickets for "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" have been sold or reserved since they went on sale in November. . . . Museum officials said the current exhibition, which featuring treasures found in the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king, is on track to draw 1 million visitors before it closes Sept. 30."
Disappointed by the Tutankhamun exhibition
http://tinyurl.com/2vhbw7 (philly.com)
"The King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute is dull, dark and disappointing. But at least the lines are long. More than 600,000 people viewed Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs in the show's first six weeks in Philadelphia. Rarely have so many paid so much to see an itty, bitty liver casket.
That was my sucker moment. I stood there, beholding the box that once stored Tut's bile, and began to feel rather poorly myself. Thirty-two bucks per ticket, plus parking and numbingly long lines, for this? Oy, I thought. His liver.
Call me a low-brow, a whiner, a Philistine. No offense taken: The original Philistines thought Pharaoh Ramesses III was tedious, too. So he smote them.
Not feeling appreciative of 3,000-year-old artifacts is a bit awkward. I knew I should appreciate the boy king's possessions."
That was my sucker moment. I stood there, beholding the box that once stored Tut's bile, and began to feel rather poorly myself. Thirty-two bucks per ticket, plus parking and numbingly long lines, for this? Oy, I thought. His liver.
Call me a low-brow, a whiner, a Philistine. No offense taken: The original Philistines thought Pharaoh Ramesses III was tedious, too. So he smote them.
Not feeling appreciative of 3,000-year-old artifacts is a bit awkward. I knew I should appreciate the boy king's possessions."
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- Figures On The U.s. Leg Of The Tutankhamun Tour
International Herald Tribune The Franklin Institute Science Museum's blockbuster King Tut show has turned out to be its most popular exhibit ever. Officials said Monday that more than 1.3 million people visited the exhibit "Tutankhamun and the Golden...
- Exhibition: Opening Hours For Final Weekend Of Tutankhamun
Courier Post Online For anyone in a position to make a last mad dash to the exhibition in Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute has changed its opening hours for the final weekend, to meet an anticipated last-minute influx. The new opening hours will be...
- Franklin Museum Welcomes Millionth Ticket Holder To Tutankhamun
Huliq.com Just weeks after celebrating its one millionth visitor of 2007, The Franklin Institute sold the one millionth ticket for “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," putting the museum on track to become the most successful venue on the...
- Exhibitions: Tutankhamun And Akhenaten
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=4963597 Video to accompany the Tutankhamun exhibition as it is being set up in Philadelphia. The video particularly features the so-called mannequin. The exhibition opens at the Franklin Institute...
- Plans For Tutankhamen In Philadelphia
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/15989183.htm "Tourism promoters are hoping that after their next advertising campaign, even Tut, the boy king, will know Philly's more fun when you sleep over. The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing...