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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 explorer’s photos and treasures on exhibit
Image via Wikipedia Lord Carnarvon, the man who funded the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and died five months later in mysterious circumstances before he could actually see the mummy’s face, was a superstitious man who wore the same lucky bow tie all his life. Such anecdotes are part of a unique exhibition at... »
Egypt beyond the textbook
If it’s good to be king, this year will also be a great time to be a sixth-grader. As part of its really big show featuring the most popular exhibit in its history, de Young Museum officials are offering special group tickets to San Francisco public school students whose curriculum includes the study of ancient... »
Lectures on Tutankhamen at Los Altos Library
Image by jvnunag via Flickr The Los Altos main library has scheduled three lectures describing different aspects of the “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition currently showing at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. • Mina Shea will present an overview of the exhibition 7:30 p.m. July 8. She will include information on... »
Why not eat like Tutankhamen, too?
The cafe in the de Young Museum will feature a menu of Egyptian culinary treasures during the Tut exhibit, thanks to McCall Associates, the catering company founded by Kentfield resident Dan McCall in 1980. For the Tut exhibit, look for a pyramid of greens, a Red Sea fish stew, chicken tagine, lamb and beef kefta... »
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... »
Dallas Tut show called a success despite low attendance
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” opened to fanfare fit for a king in October, when civic officials and the Dallas Museum of Art boldly expressed hope for drawing 1 million visitors. Then fate intervened. By Thanksgiving, the boy king was competing with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. And by... »
Indy Car promotes King Tut show
Race car driver Alex Tagliani is doing double duty in Indianapolis this year. The Conquest Racing driver hopes to qualify for his first Indianapolis 500, and he’s also promoting a King Tut exhibition coming to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis in June. Tagliani will be driving No. 34, dubbed the “King Tut” car, which will feature... »
