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Controversy over Anubis display at Denver airport
The giant depiction of the Egyptian God Anubis that usually accompanies the King Tut exhibit on its tours has created controversy among some residents of Denver, after being assembled and displayed at that city airport. Complaints arose from research done by various residents indicating that Anubis is a god of death and of funeral rites,... »
Tutankhamun’s DNA test results unveiled
Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: June 28, 2010 – German researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in the northern city of Hamburg said in a letter published online Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association that closer scrutiny of Tutankhamun’s foot bones pointed to sickle cell disease, in which red blood... »
King Tut DNA tests results to be published this month
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Zahi Hawass will soon announce the results of a DNA study conducted on the mummy of King Tutankhamen. The tests are part of a larger ambitious program aimed at confirming the identity of the royal mummies and their familiar relations. It is believed that Tutankhamen is the son of Akhenaten, the pharaoh... »
Tomb of King Tut (KV 62) will undergo major restoration
Image via Wikipedia KV 62, the famous tomb of King Tutankhamen will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the wall paintings. The restoration project is a collaboration between Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Getty Conservation Institute. This is not the first time the Los Angeles based Getty Institute has worked in an Egyptian... »
King Tut in San Francisco – Then and Now
Image via Wikipedia Though the traveling exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” stills draws crowds and excitement wherever it goes, Tut and intriguing mythology behind him just doesn’t generate the same frenzy as he used to. Back in 1979, Tutmania was akin to Beatlemania. That’s when the “Tutafacts,” 55 items from King Tutankhamun’s... »
King Tut returns to Canada
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs will be in Toronto (its only Canadian stop) from Nov. 21, 2009, to April 18, 2010. The Art Gallery of Ontario last exhibited the young Egyptian pharaoh in 1979 and it proved to be immensely popular, attracting roughly 750,000 visitors, according to the gallery. Tutankhamun: The Golden King... »
Dallas Museum of Art makes final push for King Tut exhibit; 500,000 have visited
Since it opened last October, the King Tut exhibition has drawn more than 500,000 visitors to the Dallas Museum of Art, officials there announced this week. That means the DMA has passed the halfway point of its anticipated 1 million visitors, with eight weeks left until Tut embarks for San Francisco. With the Tut show... »
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Tickets & Itinerary
Individual and group ticket pre-registration for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (June 27-October 2009) is being accepted at the exhibition’s website. Currently at the Boisfeuillet Atlanta Civic Center in Georgia (November 15, 2008-May 17, 2009), the exposition explores the role of kingship in the earthly and... »
