The Galleries of Tutankhamen’s Exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” consists of 12 galleries charting the history of Tutankhamen and his forebears.
Gallery 1: Introduction Theater with an imposing statue setting the mood for the lavish display ahead, 130 artifacts, 50 of them from the pharaoh’s tomb.
Gallery 2: Egypt before Tutankhamen and Daily Life in Ancient Egypt introduces the pharaoh’s ancestors and immediate family.
Gallery 3: Traditional Beliefs with Egyptian deities represented in statues, vessels, amulets and figurines.
Gallery 4: Death, Burial and the Afterlife features a coffin, gold death mask and ushabtiu from the tomb of Yuya and Tuya, presumed great grandparents of Tutankhamen.
Gallery 5: Religious Revolution also known as the Amarna period, during the reign of Akhenaten, Tutankhamen’s presumed father, who established the rule of only one god.
Gallery 6: The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb is devoted to Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, archaeologist and financial supporter of the expedition, respectively.
Gallery 7: The Boy King with the painted torso of Tutankhamen, one of the show’s most dazzling pieces, which some scholars believe may have been used as a mannequin or perhaps as a substitute of the pharaoh during religious rituals.
Gallery 8: Daily Life in Tutankhamen’s World contains the items the king used in his lifetime and the funerary objects for his use in the afterlife including furniture, personal items and a game of Senet.
Gallery 9: Tutankhamen’s Tomb shows statues and regalia pertaining to his role as pharaoh and high priest.
Gallery 10: Causing his Name to Live has to do with all the preparations ancient Egyptians thought necessary for the afterlife.
Gallery 11: The Burial Chamber of Tutankhamen with five exquisite artifacts found in the mummy, including the royal diadem and a magnificent dagger.
Gallery 12: New Discoveries examines the theories behind Tutankhamen’s early death, including conspiracy and fatal accident.
The Egyptian government expects between $10 million and $12 million from the Tutankhamen’s exhibit at the DMA. Officials said Wednesday that, so far, the DMA has sold 125,000 tickets. At an average of $22 a ticket, that’s about $2.75 million.
The exhibition, which opened in Los Angeles in 2005, with Dallas its fifth stop, has gone on tour solely to help build a $700 million museum in Cairo, destined to become the home of Tut’s and many other treasures.
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