Who was King Tut?
Egypt

Who was King Tut?


Part 1: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2256&dept_id=457701&newsid=15051850&PAG=461&rfi=9
Part 2: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2256&dept_id=457701&newsid=15083581&PAG=461&rfi=9
A two-part feature on Tutankhamun, to coincide with the impending arrival of the exhibition in Florida: "The King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibit opens from December to April in Fort Lauderdale. Many Islanders are planning to go see it. Who was King Tut? Why is his name spelled differently, at different times? Why was he so important?" A general overview on the young king's life and the discovery of his tomb.




- Tutankhamun Final Weekend
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060419/law074.html?.v=50Press release announcing extended opening hours for the Tutankhamun exhibition at Fort Lauderdale: "The touring exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will extend its hours of operation...

- Hawass In Fort Lauderdale
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he1.htm Zahi Hawass on how much enthusiam has greeted the Tutankhamun exhibition in Fort Lauderdale: "I recently returned from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after attending the opening of the Pharaoh's golden exhibition...

- Professor Protests That King Tut Was Black
http://tinyurl.com/aesq7 "Using forensics to make King Tutankhamun appear to be white is a move to remake him, like all things Egyptian, to fit a non-African image, according to Maulana Karenga, a popular Afrocentric scholar . . . . Karenga, the creator...

- Tutmania In South Florida
http://tinyurl.com/9h7lwAn entertaining look at the region's response to the upcoming Tutankhamun exhibition in South Florida, for which tickets go on sale in late October: "King Tut fever has struck. And soon it will be hard to avoid. At Trina, the...

- Tutankhamun-inspired Jewellery Collection
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9307839/ "Heavy gold collars, carved jewels, scarabs, inlaid silver and a pectoral brooch weighted with turquoise and lapis fit the fancy of the now-mummified enigma King Tutankhamun. More than 3,000 years later the king remains...



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