Egypt
Tutankhamun - the never ending story
Hawass opens Tutankhamun exhibition
http://tinyurl.com/8dqvv (State Information Service)
"Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawwas opens on Wednesday "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hawwas will hold a press conference following the opening ceremony in which he will highlight the recent scientific findings by a team of Egyptian experts after inspecting the mummy of the young Pharaoh, using developed Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) scanning. He said that holding the Tutankhamen exhibition in a number of US cities had scored record revenues ($ 9 million so far)".
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As to the rest, I have skimmed these pages to make sure that there's nothing offensive on them, but apart from that I haven't read them - I've just about read all I can bear to on the subject. So apologies if there are replications of pages copied between online news resources.
BusinessWire wesbite summary of the exhibition (press release):
http://tinyurl.com/8tphu (BusinessWire)
Construction work carries on over night:
http://tinyurl.com/bgqwo (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Reveling in ancient Egyptian style:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13403270.htm
Exhibition opens to fanfare:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13410016.htm
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Tutankhamen Exhibition Yields $60 Million
http://tinyurl.com/y99asf (State Information Service) This is the entire bulletin on the SIS website: "The Egyptian Tutankhamen exhibition in the United States has yielded $60 over the past two years," said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of...
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Exhibition: Tutankhamun To Bahrain
http://tinyurl.com/y2jkfn (gulf-daily-news.com)"Egypt's Tutankhamen exhibition is coming to Bahrain next year. Egypt has accepted in principle Bahrain's offer to host the Golden Pharaoh display in April, Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities...
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A Feast For The Ears (more Tut)
http://tinyurl.com/dg484An article about the Jorge Ramos and Omar Sharif audio guides for the Tutankhamun exhibition. Another exhibition summary can be found at:http://tinyurl.com/b8ox2 (Journal News website). A short piece on work still to be completed...
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More Reported Figures For The Tutankhamun Exhibition
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050912/2005091227.html From the Arabic News website: "A half million Americans visited Tutankhamen exhibition being staged at Los Angeles Museum for Arts during the past three months, setting a record for the...
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500,000 Americans Visit Golden Pharaoh Exhibition
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o010925l.htm "Tutankhamen exhibition, currently staged in Los Angeles museum of arts, is witnessing a massive influx by the American people. The number of Americans who visited the exhibition since its opening three...
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