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The Return of the King: The Tut Tour Comes Back to the States

By Jason Sheftell

In 1979 King Tut, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who ascended to the throne at age 9 and died before he was 20, captured the hearts and minds of America. Like a Rolling Stones concert tour, the traveling museum exhibit of King Tut drew huge crowds and a cult following. King Tut was everywhere. Comedian Steve Martin even wrote a song dedicated to the Boy King that rose to the top of the pop charts.

Now, he's back. A traveling exhibit titled "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" is scheduled to stop in four American cities over the next 27 months. Having opened on June 16 in Los Angeles, the exhibit will hit venues in Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago and Philadelphia.

For information on the traveling show, go to www.kingtut.org . They have detailed schedules, ticket information and an education section detailing the history of King Tut's life, death and afterlife, a custom inherent to the mummification process of the ancient Egyptians. The reason for the exhibit and the return of King Tut is quite simple -- the Egyptians need additional financing to preserve and fund the upkeep of the their great ancient national treasures such as the Pyramids, Sphinx and Temple of Luxur. Egyptian officials believe their great sites are decaying and face ruin within 100 years if not properly cared for and preserved.

With over 100 artifacts dating as far back as 3,500 years from both King Tutankhamun's tomb and the Valley of the Kings, burial site of most of Egypt's great Pharaohs, this particular exhibit includes the gold crown placed upon the Tut's mummified body that he may have worn in life and a gold-tiled coffin that contained the young king's internal organs. When King Tut's tomb was discovered in 1922, it was one of the world's most important archaeological finds ever. The great exhibit with all its artifacts takes you back in time to the world of the Pharaohs and the culture of the Nile. It's an especially incredible show for kids who become enchanted by the color of the exhibit and Tut's personal history. After all, what nine year old can't relate to a king or queen his own age?

Ticket prices vary slightly per city. Expect to pay $30 per adult on weekends or $27 during the week. For children 6 to 17, tickets will cost $14 or $15 vary per city every day. Senior tickets cost $22 during the week or $27 on a Saturday or Sunday. Tickets are available for the first two legs of the exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that lasts from June 16 to November 15, 2005 and for the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale that goes from December 15, 2005 to April 23, 2006. You can sign up to be notified when tickets officially go on sale for the final two cities at www.kingtut.org/sweepstakes.htm . Tickets are expected to go on sale January 24, 2006 for the Chicago leg of the tour showing at The Field Museum from May 26, 2006 to January 24, 2007. For the show in Philadelphia at the Franklin Institute from February 3 to September 7, 2007, tickets should go on sale sometime in 2006 as well. You'll find detailed information on each of the venues including telephone numbers, addresses and links to the museums' individual sites at www.kingtut.org/venues.htm . (The exhibit is skipping the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York because of a disagreement between museum officials and the Egyptian curators over an Egyptian demand to charge a separate price for entrance into the Tut exhibit, a request in direct contradiction to the Met's pay-one-price policy.)

Official planning for this exhibit even included securing special hotel deals in each of the host cities. In Los Angeles, seven hotels have deals related to the King Tut exhibit ( www.kingtut.org/lahotels.htm ). The Wilshire Grand (tel. 888/773-2888 ; www.wilshiregrand.com ) has a one-night double occupancy rate that includes two tickets to the exhibit, Executive Level accommodations, free parking and continental breakfast in the Executive Lounge for $169 per night. Additional nights at the hotel cost only $119. The Fort Lauderdale exhibit struck a deal with Marriott where Ft. Lauderdale Marriott Hotels & Resorts the official hotel sponsor for the event. Starting at $149 per night with double occupancy, you get two VIP tickets to the exhibit that mean front of line access, two audio tours, an official King Tut catalogue and 10 percent off the museum gift shop. See www.marriottse.com/offers/kingtut or call 800/583-0179 for details. There are six Marriott's in the Ft. Lauderdale vicinity all of which offer the above deal ranging in price from $149 to $199 per night depending on hotel amenities, location and resort type. Keep checking back at the King Tut website or sign up for newsletter to see hotel deals as they come available for the Chicago and Philadelphia exhibits.

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An Ancient Egypt Exhibit That Has Captivated Over 7 Million Visitors Worldwide Heads To D.C.

Can you imagine becoming a pharaoh at only 8 years old?! You can soon dive into the mysterious world of King Tut right here in D.C..

This spring, D.C. is getting a captivating new exhibition filled with over 1,000 perfectly reconstructed Egyptian artifacts. 

And now, tickets for Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures are now on sale. Get ready to watch art and history collide as you explore the most famous archeological discovery site of the 20th century.

Ready to travel to the era of the pharaohs? Get tickets here!

Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures is the most complete exhibition in the world dedicated to the young king. After wowing more than 7 million visitors worldwide, the jaw-dropping experience is making its way to D.C.!  

The unique exhibition will transport you to the magical moment of discovery of the young pharaoh’s tomb, displaying exquisite reproductions of the antechamber, treasury, and burial chamber exactly as they were discovered over 100 years ago by British archaeologist Howard Carter.

Complete with an audio-guided tour, jaw-dropping reproductions, and fascinating insights into the Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife , the exhibit is a must-see for all history buffs . Prepare to uncover a wealth of information about Ancient Egyptian culture, and explore their efforts to overcome their fate and conquer death and transience.

Snag tickets here and be the first to step into this mesmerizing exhibition.

Minutes from the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station, Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures will set up shop right by two other epic immersive experiences: Dinos Alive and Claude Monet.

If you are searching for a memorable experience to enjoy solo or with loved ones, D.C.’s stunning new Ancient Egypt exhibit is bound to dazzle and delight! The exhibition is set to open on May 2nd. 

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“beyond king tut: the immersive experience” produced in partnership with the national geographic society commemorates 100th anniversary of tomb discovery.

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience  a new exhibition developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, commemorates the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. Beyond King Tut will mark its world premiere with the start of its North American tour in spring 2022.

The world premiere showings include a special installation at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. (June 2022-February 2023) and SoWa Power Station in Boston (July 8-September 18). Waitlist registration for priority access to tickets starts today at www.beyondkingtut.com .

Beyond King Tut will take visitors on a time-traveling journey flooded with sight, sound and intrigue through the world of King Tut—the boy who reigned as pharaoh of Egypt more than 3,000 years ago—and the discovery of his tomb and treasures in 1922. The discovery of the intact tomb of King Tut captured the imagination of the world, and the mysteries surrounding the tomb still resonate today. Drawing from the storied archives of the National Geographic Society, the exhibition combines the power of cinematic storytelling and soaring imagery made possible with state-of-the-art projection mapping to invite visitors into the golden king’s world like never before.

“ Beyond King Tut will be a must-see for anyone interested in Egypt and the history of King Tut,” said Kathryn Keane, vice president of public programming for the National Geographic Society. “New technologies are making it possible to fully immerse people like never before in important stories from our past, allowing us to develop connections and understand history’s influence on our present and future generations.”

Beyond King Tut is produced by Paquin Entertainment Group and Immersive Experiences. Paquin Entertainment Group’s exhibition portfolio includes the acclaimed Beyond Van Gogh and Beyond Monet exhibitions that have attracted more than 3 million visitors around the world.

The North American debut of the award-winning virtual reality experience “Tutankhamun: Enter the Tomb” will be presented alongside Beyond King Tut in select venues, including SoWa Power Station, as an optional add-on experience. Created by immersive cinematic storytelling company CityLights and voiced by lauded English actor Hugh Bonneville, the groundbreaking experience whisks guests through a photorealistic version of King Tut’s tomb and all its treasures, just as archeologist Howard Carter and his financier Lord Carnarvon found it when they first peered inside in 1922.

In addition to the premiere of Beyond King Tut , National Geographic is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb in November 2022 with content including a documentary and a National Geographic magazine feature.

Prospective Beyond King Tut guests can sign up for tour date announcements and waitlist registration for priority access to tickets at http://www.beyondkingtut.com/ .

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There have been plenty of exhibits celebrating the life of King Tut, but the newest one honors the ancient pharaoh in a manner never done before.

“Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience” doesn’t present ancient artifacts for visitors to examine and explore. Instead, it’s a completely visual experience in the manner of recent immersive experiences honoring artists like Vincent van Gogh .

Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the exhibit had its debut in Boston over the summer and is now ready to begin traveling the country.

“For 100 years, the world has been fascinated by the story of the Boy King,” Dr. Louis Bertini, executive director of the American Research Center (ARCE) in Egypt, said in a release . “The contents of his tomb, which come to life in this experience, have advanced the fields of archeology and Egyptology unlike any other discovery.”

ARCE, which has partnered with National Geographic for the exhibit, has the mission to study and safeguard Egypt’s cultural heritage.

Developers of the project are excited to present the story in such a new manner.

“It was such an honor to tour King Tut’s treasures around the world, but those objects have returned to Egypt forever,” said Mark Lach, creative producer of the exhibit. “Beyond King Tut brings together some of that same team, along with the all-stars of immersive art, to present one of the world’s most fascinating [stories] in a whole new way with no boundaries.”

Instead of artifacts, the exhibit uses high-resolution digital projects of King Tut’s world all along high walls and floors as guests visit nine different rooms that follow his birth, life, and death.

“I always think it’s interesting, particularly for kids, to show them that people 3,000 years ago were maybe not all that different than they are,” Kathryn Keane, vice president of public experiences for the National Geographic Society, told the Associated Press .

The exhibit has opened in New York and Washington, and tickets are on sale for its arrival in Los Angeles and Vancouver, British Columbia. Guests can also register for pre-sale tickets in Atlanta, Houston, San Diego, and San Francisco.

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The exhibit may also travel to additional cities in the coming months. Dates and tickets can be found at beyondkingtut.com .

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'Beyond King Tut' opens June 9 in Jacksonville. Here's what you need to know.

A taste of old Egypt comes to Jacksonville this month when "Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Show" opens at the NoCo Center downtown. It's an immersive show put together with cooperation from the National Geographic Society, using projection technology to flash enormous moving images onto the floors and walls of the main hall, similar to the "Beyond Van Gogh" show that ran earlier this year in the same venue.

Here's what you need to know about the show.

What is the "Beyond King Tut" show?

It is an "immersive" experience, in which moving images from Tutankhamun's life and journey to the afterlife are projected onto the walls and floors of a room specifically designed for the purpose. It is similar to the "Beyond Van Gogh" show that played in the same space earlier this year.

Is "Beyond King Tut" all in one room?

No. Visitors to "Beyond King Tut" will travel through eight galleries, tracing Tutankhamun's life and his journey to the afterlife and learning about the mummification process and the preparation of the burial chamber. The main gallery features a 23-minute loop of images projected onto the walls, floors and people. A separately ticketed virtual-reality "Beyond the Tomb" experience is also available.

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Where is "Beyond King Tut" exhibit in Jacksonville?

It is at the NoCo Center , a former First Baptist Church auditorium at 712 N. Hogan St. in downtown Jacksonville.

How long will "Beyond King Tut" be in Jacksonville?

The show opened Friday, June 9, and is scheduled to run through Sept. 3.

The "Beyond Van Gogh" show was extended several times during its Jacksonville run, and it would not be surprising to see "Beyond King Tut" extended as well.

What are the hours for "Beyond King Tut" in Jacksonville?

The exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. The show is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. No one will be admitted less than an hour before closing.

How much are tickets to "Beyond King Tut" in Jacksonville?

Tickets start at $33.99 for adults and $24.99 for kids aged 5-15 and are sold in specific time slots. During "peak" hours, rates go to $43.99 for adults and $28.99 for kids. Special rates are available for groups and for students, seniors and military.

How long does "Beyond King Tut" take to view?

The show is self-guided and takes about an hour, but there is no limit to how much time you can spend inside.

Is "Beyond King Tut" wheelchair accessible?

The facility is accessible to those in wheelchairs. No wheelchairs are available for rent. Strollers are also welcome, but there is no dedicated place to store them. There is limited seating inside the venue.

Are there any actual Egyptian artifacts in the "Beyond King Tut" show?

No. The show uses images from King Tut's tomb, but there are no physical artifacts. The Egyptian government has reclaimed artifacts from around the world for the new  Grand Egyptian Museum , slated to open late this year.

Is this the first show in Jacksonville to focus on Egyptian relics?

No. "Ramses II: The Pharaoh and his Time" contained artifacts from Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C. More than 370,000 people saw the show when it came to the Prime Osborn Convention Center for four months in 1986-87.

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens also had a show, “Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt,” in 2020 that featured more than 40 images and statues that had intentionally been defaced after the subjects' death as a sign of disrespect.

Where else has "Beyond King Tut" shown?

"Beyond King Tut,” which was put together with the help of the National Geographic Society, made its debut in 2022 — the 100 th  anniversary of the discovery of Tut’s tomb — in New York and Boston. The show has also played in Los Angeles, Vancouver and Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to play in Atlanta and Hartford, Conn., later this year. 

What other immersive shows does the company produce?

The Tut show was created by  Paquin Entertainment Group , the same company that put together the Van Gogh show.  The company also has a "Beyond Monet" show available and at least two others —  "Dinosaur Discoveries"  and  "Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N."  — in development.

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No entombed Egyptian pharaoh has had the stunning and star-studded afterlife of King Tut. Not that Tutankhamun Nebkheperure, whose brief existence lasted from around 1341 B.C. to about 1323 B.C., planned it that way.

It’s all due to a stroke of good luck. Which would include an amazing dearth of tomb-pillaging, an intrepid archeologist and his team, plus meticulous documentation from National Geographic. Also, an assiduous PR campaign for various touring exhibits celebrating the life and possessions of the “boy king.” (He became king at 9.) Tut-mania has been with us for a very long time. “ Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience ” opened July 8 at the SoWa Power Station. It's up through Oct. 2.

“He wasn’t a significant king,” says Mark Lach, the exhibit’s creative producer. Lach has been deeply involved in Tut productions, dating back to the 1970s. If not for archeologist Howard Carter’s discovery in 1922 of the pharaoh’s nearly intact tomb — disturbed but not robbed — Lach says, “he probably would have got lost in the pages of history.”

Ah, the vagaries of posthumous fame. As it has turned out, Tut became an object of fascination and study for archeologists, Egyptologists, and pop culture enthusiasts; he’s by far the best-known brand name among dead pharaohs.

King Tut’s artifacts first came to Boston in 1963 at the Museum of Fine Arts. A touring exhibit, the “Treasures of Tutankhamun,” went around the world from 1972 until 1981 and hit seven cities in the U.S. (not Boston) stoking another wave of Tut-mania. In April of 1978, Steve Martin, dressed in faux-ancient Egyptian garb, goosed Tut’s pop-cultural profile on “Saturday Night Live.” In a spoken-word intro, Martin denounced the tacky over-commercialization of Tut’s tour and then satirically piled on with a song he wrote, “King Tut.” (A 45 RPM record of the novelty song went to No. 17 on Billboard’s chart.)

In January of 2020, then-Mayor Marty Walsh announced another artifacts exhibition called “King Tut: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh,” slated to open at The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza in June. Then, the pandemic derailed those plans.

But here we are in the summer of 2022 and Tut’s back on tour. In a manner of speaking. The wrinkle now is there are no genuine artifacts involved; they’re off the road. They will permanently reside in the Grand Egyptian Museum, just outside Cairo in Giza, expected to open this autumn. But we live in an immersive world of art, history and multimedia projections. The company behind it, Paquin Entertainment Group, has staged immersive shows for Van Gogh and Monet as well.

Lach has been in this business 25 years, starting with the touring Titanic exhibit. For him, this is yet another trip through Tut-land, as he was on board for the final artifacts tour, too. The current exhibit, he says, “is certainly different and there are opportunities to experience the artifacts in a whole new way. It was a real honor to tour the real objects, but with this being the 100th anniversary of [the discovery of] King Tut’s tomb — some say the greatest archeological discovery of all time — it seemed an opportunity and important to do something to commemorate it in a grand way.”

“We talk about him for many reasons,” continues Lach, “with the obvious one being, it’s the only intact tomb that’s ever been discovered and that it’s teaching scholars something new to this day. And it also fascinates us.”

The public is getting more and more attuned to these “immersive” exhibits, giant spaces with slowly shifting painterly projections and atmospheric music.

This is not that, exactly. “We recognize there’s a big difference here,” says Lach. “The story of King Tut’s discovery, the fascination with his untimely death — that doesn’t quite go with sitting in a room and losing yourself like in a Monet or Van Gogh painting. We thought there might be a way to use the large projection format that brings people into something like never before. Because of projection advances and new technology, people want to sit in the middle of a story. And we realized that it needed much more of a storyline.”

Spoiler alert: They know King Tut was frail, but still don’t know how he died at around age 18 or 19. Best guesses include malaria, sickle cell anemia or in battle.

Paquin partnered with National Geographic, with Lach praising its invaluable contribution to the project and presentation: “They’ve been doing research and archeological work in Egypt for the last hundred years. They bring the photos and film.”

This type of multimedia production was called “the future of storytelling” by Kathryn Keane, the vice president for public experiences for the National Geographic Society at the pre-opening gathering on July 7.

Serious museum aficionados often have issues with these new-fangled immersive exhibits. After all, the real artifacts or paintings are nowhere to be seen. The event doesn’t take place in a proper museum. But Lach believes those who decry immersive experiences as middle-brow Disney-esque fare are beginning to shift their perspective.

“I think over the years there’s been a change,” he says. “We take the presentation of any story, this in particular, very seriously when it comes to being academically sound, getting National Geographic on board, getting approval for the storyline from the people on that level.”

It is, of course, served up as entertainment, but, Lach says, so is pretty much everything, whatever the patina that covers it. “If people want to go home and fire up the 85-inch flat-screen and watch a documentary about a certain piece of history that’s entertainment, too,” he says. “As long as we keep the story true, as long as we don’t sensationalize beyond the facts, then the lighting, sound and scenic elements that bring you there are not only OK but the way of the future.”

At the Power Station, you initially enter into a small dark chamber, where the screen comes to life and the Tut basics are laid out via a short film. In building the exhibit, the designers have to create the illusion that you’re not wandering around the vast Power Station open space, but moving from one partitioned gallery to another.”

As such, towering walls and screens are set up to simulate those galleries. The attendee can meander through the rooms at an appropriate pace. (Most people take about an hour.) You can peruse the newspaper clippings about the discovery, check out the blown-up photos of the shiny Tut treasures, gaze into the golden death mask. You could play the ancient board game Senet as they did. You can look at the incestuous family tree in the king’s life room (he married his half-sister). You can ponder a primer on how one makes a mummy — creepy but cool.

There are several places to stop and gawk, but for certain you’ll linger and stare at the outer shrine in the burial chamber, musing upon what may have lain within. The shrine — wood with gold leaf — was placed over three sarcophagi, the last being the solid gold sarcophagus that contained Tut’s mummy. The reproduction is wood with gold paint and sometimes used as a projection screen.

It all leads into the final chamber, an 80-by-100-foot space Lach calls the “crescendo.” It’s “The Journey into the Afterlife” and the most expansive space, where grand, atmospheric music wafts over the sound system and detailed animations are projected onto the four walls and floor, which at times turns into a “lake of fire.” Amidst that lake, in the room’s center. is a low-slung ancient ship, just like the one that presumably ferried Tut on his journey into the afterlife.

The fantastical animation sequence, which took six months and over 20 people to make, lasts 16 minutes and follows the pharaoh’s dangerous, serpent-filled journey through the first day of his passage through the underworld.

Becoming a god was a definite possibility. Egyptians believed that although you technically shed the body when you die — organs removed and stored, brain discarded, corpse embalmed, etc. — you still somehow needed it for that exacting and exciting world beyond.

In the museum world, the beyond is always the gift shop. A few things you can buy: A Tut tie-dye shirt for $40, a hoodie for $50, a shirt for $60 or a death mask candle for $25. But if you really wanted to shout your Tut fandom from the rooftop, you could nab an Isis statue for $999 or put down $4,999 for a King Tut statue.

" Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience " runs through Oct. 2 at the SoWa Power Station.

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9 Fascinating Finds From King Tut’s Tomb

By: Dave Roos

Updated: June 29, 2023 | Original: November 1, 2022

It was one hundred years ago on November 4, 1922, that British archaeologist Howard Carter and an Egyptian team discovered an ancient stairway hidden for more than 3,000 years beneath the sands of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Twenty-two days later, Carter descended those stairs, lit a candle, poked it through a hole in a blocked doorway and waited as his eyes grew accustomed to the dim light.

“[D]etails of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold, everywhere the glint of gold,” wrote Carter. “I was struck dumb with amazement.” When Carter’s patron, Lord Carnarvon, anxiously asked if Carter could see anything, the stunned archeologist replied, “Yes, wonderful things.”

Carter and the Egyptian team had found the lost tomb of Tutankhamun , the boy king of Egypt, who was buried in a small and overlooked tomb in 1323 B.C. King Tut may not have been a mighty ruler like Ramesses the Great, whose tomb complex covers more than 8,000 square feet of underground chambers, but unlike Ramesses and other pharaohs, King Tut’s treasures hadn’t been looted or damaged by floods. They were nearly intact.

A century later, the discovery of King Tut’s tomb , which contained more than 5,000 priceless artifacts, remains the greatest archeological find of all time.

“I don’t think there’s anything that can hold a candle to it in terms of outright richness, and in terms of the cultural and archeological information that it contains,” says Tom Mueller, a journalist who wrote a National Geographic article about Carter’s historic discovery and the opening of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum, the new home for King Tut’s treasures.

Most people would recognize the iconic objects from the collection, like King Tut’s solid gold coffin and funerary mask, but even the smallest items—alabaster unguent bowls, King Tut’s walking stick or his sandals—are “works of supreme artistry,” says Mueller, who spent days with museum staff as they restored King Tut’s artifacts for display. “It’s no wonder that these treasures have branded themselves in the international consciousness since 1922.”

Here are nine fascinating artifacts recovered from King Tut’s tomb, from the biggest finds to some hidden treasures.

1. An Iron Dagger

On the surface, this iron-bladed dagger doesn’t look like a spectacular find, but King Tut died several centuries before the start of the Iron Age, when advances in technology allowed for the forging of iron and steel from mineral deposits.

During King Tut’s time, the few iron objects on record were made from metals that literally fell from the heavens in the form of meteorites .

“There were theories that the iron dagger was a gift from a foreign king who would have presented it as a ‘gift from the gods,’” says Mueller, “as an omen of something powerful. That really got my attention.”

A solid-gold dagger with an ornately decorated sheath was also found in the folds of King Tut’s mummy placed ceremoniously on his right thigh.

2. A Scarf with a Surprise

Inside a small wooden chest made from ebony and cedar, Carter and his team found a gold-plated leopard head, and a gorgeous pair of ceremonial objects known as the pharaoh’s crook and flail, always depicted as held across his chest. But alongside these priceless items was something conspicuously commonplace—a knotted up linen scarf.

When the archeologists untangled the scarf, they found several gold rings inside. But how did they get in there?

From other clues, it became clear to Carter that King Tut’s tomb hadn’t remained completely untouched. Thieves must have broken in soon after the tomb was sealed and made off with the smallest and most valuable items they could carry, like gold jewelry. Unlike other pharaonic tombs, which had been fully ransacked over the centuries, King Tut’s tomb “had only been lightly looted,” says Mueller.

The scarf packed with gold rings was evidence that the thieves may have even been caught in the act or scared off by guards and left their loot behind. It was hastily packed into a box when the tomb was resealed, not to be opened for another 3,200 years.

3. A Game of Chance and Fate

Egyptians played board games and one of King Tut’s favorites (judging from the fact that there were four sets in his tomb) was a game called senet. Historians don’t agree on the exact rules of the checkers-like game, but it involved moving your game piece through a series of 30 squares by throwing knucklebones or casting sticks.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, which details the journey of the soul through the afterlife, says that playing senet is a popular pastime for the deceased. Eternal life may even have been at stake.

“There’s evidence that it was a game played against the god of death,” says Mueller, “so it’s also a game of fate.”

4. King Tut's Lost Daughters

One of the reasons why King Tut fell through the cracks of Egyptian history was that his reign was so short (around a decade) and he didn’t leave behind any heirs or offspring. But thanks to Carter’s discovery, we know that King Tut’s wife Ankhesenamun—whom he married at age 12—bore two stillborn daughters who were buried in their father’s tomb.

Inside an unmarked box, Carter’s team found two tiny wooden coffins, each bearing a gilded inner coffin that contained the mummified remains of King Tut’s daughters. The fetuses appeared to be 25 and 37 weeks old and died from unknown causes.

Mueller says that there’s a tendency to paint King Tut’s tomb as macabre, given the fascination with things like King Tut’s curse .

“Yes, this is a tomb with several dead people in it,” says Mueller, “but in a way, the Egyptian view of the afterlife—their obsession with it—softens all of that. It becomes death as a work of art. King Tut’s preparation for the afterlife becomes a museum.”

Archeologists also found a lock of King Tut’s grandmother’s hair in the tomb, which may have been a family keepsake.

5. Gold Sandals

In one of the crowded antechambers, Carter found a painted wooden chest that he described as “one of the greatest artistic treasures of the tomb… we found it hard to tear ourselves away from it.” Inside were sequin-lined linens, an alabaster headrest and a very special pair of sandals.

These were King Tut’s golden court sandals, ornately decorated footwear that he’s seen wearing in some of the statuettes found in the tomb. Made from wood and overlaid with bark, leather and gold, the eye-catching parts are the soles of the sandals, which depict the nine traditional enemies of Egypt. That wasn’t an accident.

“He’d be symbolically walking on their faces all day,” says Mueller.

6. A Small Army of Servants

Thousands of years before King Tut, at the dawn of Egyptian civilization, powerful rulers were buried with their royal servants, who sacrificed their lives to serve their master in the eternities. By the late Middle Kingdom, human servants were replaced by small figurines called ushabti, who were inscribed with a magical spell to forever do the deceased’s bidding in the afterlife.

For the average Egyptian burial, one or two ushabti were placed in the deceased’s tomb. In King Tut’s tomb, there were 413 ushabti, a small army of foot-tall figurines made from various materials including faience, a glass-like pottery with striking colors. Some of King Tut’s ushabti held copper tools like yokes, hoes and picks to do manual labor for the pharaoh in the afterlife.

7. King Tut's Undergarments

Not every treasure in King Tut’s tomb was made of gold. The young pharaoh, who died at 19 after just nine or 10 years on the throne, was also buried with some of his clothing. Among the ancient textiles found in the tomb were 100 sandals, 12 tunics, 28 gloves, 25 head coverings, four socks (with a separate pocket for the big toe, so they could be worn with sandals) and 145 loincloths, triangular-shaped pieces of woven linen that both men and women wore as underwear.

“I really like his underwear,” says Mueller. “King Tut was kitted out for the afterlife, right down to the undergarments. They’re quite spectacular, little loincloth-like things. They’re incredible.”

King Tut’s undergarments were a step above non-royal underwear. According to textile historians , the weave of an ordinary Egyptian linen loincloth had 37 to 60 threads per inch, but King Tut’s underwear had 200 threads per inch, giving the cloth a silk-like softness.

8. A Dazzling Resting Place for the King's Organs

During the mummification process, Egyptian embalmers carefully removed the lungs, liver, intestines and stomach from the body, embalmed the organs, and placed them in vessels called Canopic jars. The final resting place for King Tut’s organs was one of the most exquisite objects in the entire tomb.

Carter found Tut’s Canopic jars stored inside an alabaster chest, itself housed within a magnificent wooden funerary shrine covered in gold leaf. “Facing the doorway stood the most beautiful monument that I have ever seen,” wrote Carter, “so lovely that it made one gasp with wonder and admiration.”

What really struck Mueller when he saw the golden shrine in person were the four Egyptian goddesses of death guarding the young pharaoh’s embalmed organs on all sides. The goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selket are depicted in naturalistic poses with form-fitting dresses that inspired flapper fashion in the 1920s.

“Here are these gorgeous goddesses looking over his innards for all eternity,” says Mueller.

9. The Iconic Golden Mask

For Carter, the greatest prize among the 5,000 objects in the tomb was the mummy of King Tut himself. But to get to the mummy, Carter and his team had to slowly and painstakingly work through a series of nesting shrines and coffins that were never meant to be opened by human hands.

First there were four box-like golden shrines, each slightly smaller than the last. Inside the last shrine was the heavy stone sarcophagus. Once the stone lid was removed, it revealed the first of three coffins.

The first coffin, as well the second one nested inside of it, were wooden coffins overlaid with gold foil and designed to look like the god Osiris lying in repose. The third and final coffin was a jaw-dropper: a solid gold casket weighing 296 pounds also depicting Osiris with the ceremonial crook and flail across his chest.

With trembling hands, Carter opened the golden coffin and found himself face to face with the iconic funerary mask of Tutankhamun. The 22-pound, solid-gold mask rested directly on the head and shoulders of King Tut’s mummy, and portrayed the handsome young king as Osiris, complete with the pharaonic false beard.

“The golden mask of King Tut is probably the best-known and most widely recognized archeological treasure ever,” says Mueller.

King Tut’s mummy, when carefully removed and unwrapped, contained 143 different amulets, bracelets, necklaces and other priceless artifacts among its ancient bandages. 

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National Geographic is commemorating the centennial anniversary of the discovery of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Tut’s tomb with an immersive experience consisting of projection mapping, virtual reality and digital exhibits in major cities across the United States.

With the actual artifacts—excavated in 1922—headed to a permanent home in Egypt after decades of touring exhibitions, the National Geographic Society looked to digital technology to create an informative and entertaining spectacle for the occasion, according to the creative director of the experience, Mark Lach. The company tapped experiential activation firm Paquin Entertainment Group, which has previously orchestrated similar projection-mapping experiences around Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night and the artwork of Claude Monet.

The exhibit is already open in Washington and New York with further openings in Los Angeles and Vancouver this week and Houston, San Francisco, San Diego and Atlanta in coming months. In New York, located at Pier 36, the 25,000-square foot space features digital exhibits, some replicas of the artifacts, a projection-mapped tour of the ancient Egyptian’s vision of the afterlife and a virtual reality tour of the tomb. The experience is catered to social media sharing with photo posing opportunities and showy visuals.

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The exhibit takes visitors through the life and death of the young king—how he was mummified and buried, the culture of ancient Egyptian civilization and the mysteries surrounding his death—while also connecting the spectacle of the 1922 excavation of his tomb and the significance to modern Egypt, where artifacts are now being returned . While historians say King Tutankhamun, who died at age 19, was far from the most significant pharaoh of his era, his largely still-intact burial has offered a valuable window into ancient Egyptian civilization.

The creators of the space mined the archives of the 134-year-old National Geographic Society for the photography and historical content that makes up the exhibit. Other aspects were animated by Montreal firm Normal Studio based on historical accounts and artwork.

Lach said he expects this type of experience to become more popular in museum industries as technology like projection mapping and virtual reality are able to make history or art feel more immersive. “It is in our future to experience things this way,” Lach said. “When you bring in context, when you bring in a backdrop and experience that gives context to a piece, that matters.”

The 25-year museum veteran said while technology has changed the kind of experiences that are available to cultural institutions, museums are also careful to balance the educational importance against the entertainment value in designing exhibits.

“Museums have sometimes gone kicking and screaming into the future of anything that is entertainment—’We don’t want our museum to look like Disney World’—and I totally agree,” Lach said. “Those are two different things—one’s an entertainment venue and one’s an educational historic venue—but it is there to entertain if you use that word in the broader sense.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artifacts from King Tut’s tomb are going on tour next year to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Egyptian pharaoh’s resting place.

The California Science Center says the exhibit, “KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh,” will go on view at the Los Angeles museum in March for 10 months before heading to Europe in January 2019 as part of a 10-city international tour.

The museum says the exhibition represents the largest collection of artifacts and gold from Tutankhamun’s tomb ever to go on public display outside of Egypt. It says 40 percent of the items are leaving Egypt for the first and last time before going on permanent display at a new museum being built near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.

King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922, more than 3,000 years after his death.

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The year 2022 marked 100 years since archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun, which had lain in darkness for more than 3,000 years.

To mark the anniversary, the British Museum commissioned a work by Egyptian graffiti artist Nofal O.

Nofal O – real name Ahmed Nofal (b. 1996) – has created many vivid street murals in Cairo influenced by Egypt's ancient art. In this powerful display, his graffiti, inspired by Tutankhamun and his treasures, was been painted directly onto the walls of the gallery, and stood in dialogue with a statue of the young pharaoh from about 1330 BC.

Tutankhamun's unexpected death, ending a short reign of around nine years (about 1336–1327 BC), limited his impact on ancient Egyptian history. However, the discovery of his almost-intact tomb in 1922 transformed him into the most famous pharaoh of them all. The unprecedented find marked a turning point in our understanding of ancient Egypt and the previously obscure king became a household name. Objects found his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, including his world-famous blue and gold funerary mask, are part of the fabric of Egyptian identity, appearing on everything from bank notes to sweet tins. 

Discover more about Tutankhamun's reign and legacy through seven stops across the Museum in the Tutankhamun: life and legacy trail , starting in Room 3.

Twenty twenty-two also marked the bicentenary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs – told in our highly acclaimed exhibition, Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt .

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These displays were made possible by the support of The Asahi Shimbun Company, longstanding corporate sponsors of the British Museum. The Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese leading newspaper and the company also provides a substantial information service via the internet. The company has a century-long tradition of philanthropic support, notably staging key exhibitions in Japan on art, culture and history from around the world. In addition to the Asahi Shimbun Displays, The Asahi Shimbun Company is a committed supporter of the British Museum touring exhibition programme in Japan, and funder of The Asahi Shimbun Gallery of Amaravati sculpture in Room 33a.   この展示シリーズは、大英博物館の長きにわたる法人スポンサーである朝日新聞社のご支援によって実現しています。朝日新聞は日本の主要な新聞で、朝日新聞社ではインターネットを通じた幅広い情報提供も行っています。同社には一世紀にわたる慈善活動支援の伝統があり、とりわけ世界の美術や文化および歴史についての主要な展覧会の日本国内開催で知られています。朝日新聞ディスプレーに加え、日本における大英博物館の巡回展、および大英博物館朝日新聞ギャラリーのアマラヴァティ仏教彫刻の展示にもご支援いただいています。

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The legend of King Tut visits Connecticut

I t’s billed as “3,300 years in the making”, the exposition known as “ Beyond King Tut, the Immersive Experience ” has set up camp at the Connecticut Convention Center. 

The show, which began in May of 2022 has traveled across North America, and showcases the phenomenon behind one of the biggest archeological discoveries of all time; 100 years ago, when the tomb of King Tut was uncovered. 

Mark Lach, the creative director of Beyond King Tut said, “The real artifacts that I had the privilege of touring in an exhibition have now gone back to Egypt so what do we do for this 100th anniversary? We’ve put together something quite special – an immersive exhibit about the story of King Tut.”

Lach noted that the vast resources and historical expertise of National Geographic have made the King Tut show possible and the mystique that surrounds the artifacts are being delivered in an updated way. 

Lach said, “This is new technology telling the story, this is not a traditional museum experience.”

With room after room offering a cinematic and immersive experience, Beyond King Tut, Lach said, is also meant to showcase and uncover another world, “this celebrates a discovery, we hope we have laid something out for the guests that around every corner there is a new discovery.”

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Tutankhamun 100

On Nov. 4, 1922 a team of Egyptian workers led by Howard Carter and financed by Lord Carnarvon uncovered the Tomb of King Tutankhamun. To mark this centennial, the Department of Egyptian Art has devised a self-guided tour through our New Kingdom galleries called Tutankhamun’s World. It will allow visitors to explore, through a series of special labels, the people, places, and objects that defined the Egypt of Tutankhamun. In addition, an installation of thirty photographs in Gallery 132 focuses on photographs Harry Burton took during the excavation of the tomb. His photographs of the pharaoh’s “treasures” are famous but this installation highlights lesser-known images that are more intimate and draw a human connection.   Below read about these two new elements and also explore older digital content from The Met that has been gathered here for the centennial.

Tutankhamun's World

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Head of Tutankhamun

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Tutankhamun's Funeral

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Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery

Experience the uncovering of Tutankhamun's tomb through 1920s photographs.

Return of 19 Tutankhamun Objects to Egypt in 2010

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Harry Burton (1879–1940): The Pharaoh’s Photographer

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Behind the Mask of Tutankhamun

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Howard Carter Papers

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) — Artifacts from King Tut's tomb are going on tour next year to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Egyptian pharaoh's resting place.

The California Science Center says the exhibit, "KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh," will be on view at the Los Angeles museum for 10 months before heading to Europe as part of a 10-city international tour. The tour opens March 24.

The exhibit will put more than 150 authentic artifacts from the tomb -- which was discovered in 1922, more than 3,000 years after his death -- on display, including gold jewelry, gilded wood furniture, and ornate ritual objects.

The museum says the exhibition represents the largest collection of artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb ever to go on public display outside of Egypt. It says 40 percent of the items are leaving Egypt for the first and last time before going on permanent display at a new museum being built near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.

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Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures is an exhibition that offers guests an unprecedented glance into Ancient Egypt. With hundreds of perfectly reconstructed objects, breathtaking decorations and fascinating explanations, allows visitors to step right into the wonder of the most famous archaeological discovery site of the 20th century. Ready to travel to the era of the pharaohs?

1922 - 2023: 100 YEARS SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF THE FAMOUS PHARAOH

November 4th, 1922, Luxor. After five years of unsuccessful excavations in the Valley of the Kings, the British archaeologist Howard Carter made an incredible discovery, which remains to this day, unprecedented! Lit by the light of his candle, he discovered the impressive golden tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died more than 3000 years ago, surrounded by all his treasures.

TUTANKMANUN - PHARAOH OF A DYNASTY

Tutankhamun ascended to the throne in 1332 BC. at the age of 9 as one of the last kings of the 18th Dynasty. His father was the heretical king Akhenaten. The most important achievement of his reign was the rejection of his father's radical religious reforms, which had destabilized the whole country. According to the latest studies, the young king suffered from serious illnesses. He passed away after nine years on the throne and his death remains a mystery to this day.

HIS TOMB AND ITS TREASURES: OVER 1000 OBJECTS TO DISCOVER

The Metropolitan Museum sent Harry Burton to be the excavation photographer - he was 'Carters eye and memory'. With his enormous camera and cumbersome negative plates, he tirelessly surveyed the site of the discovery. He set up his laboratory in the tomb of Sethos II and improvised a darkroom in the neighboring tomb KV 55. Every step of the excavation work was documented in photographs, down to the smallest detail. A total of 2,800 large-format glass negatives were printed, listing all finds and their location in the tomb.

The gigantic Tutankhamun exhibition houses over 1,000 exquisite, painstakingly, and scientifically produced crafted replicas and an impressive abundance of art from ancient Egypt. Discover its treasures, tomb, golden mask, and more before they're gone!

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Very interesting and informative. Liked being able to take it in at my own pace

A group of 4, we really enjoyed and appreciated the reproductions of the famous findings and all the history provided in the story. Just wonderful!

Loved that the audio tour was included…..tour was set up really well! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Great learning experience. I am "into" history, my wife not so much. I was impressed and the wife liked it very much, also. We both enjoyed that we could take our time and actually see the exhibit

The exhibit was breathtaking! Excellent value for the money

We love it!! It is a really good experience to learn about history

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King Tut's 'comeback tour' begins

The 3,300-year-old world of King Tut has returned to the United States in an exhibition that hopes to rival the 1970s tour of ancient Egyptian artifacts that became a cultural phenomenon.

"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opens to the public Thursday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and advance ticket sales to see the Boy King's exhibit hit 250,000.

"This town loves youth," said Terry Garcia, executive vice president at the National Geographic Society, a co-sponsor of the exhibit. "It also loves a comeback. This is the greatest comeback tour in history."

It will have to be a blockbuster sequel to exceed the last U.S. exhibition of Tut artifacts. A sensational 1976-79 tour drew some 8 million people.

This time around, curators are banking on those who saw or just heard about the last show to bring newcomers to the sprawling exhibit of more than 130 artifacts from the tombs of Tut and his ancestors. Items from the first exhibition are nowhere in sight.

"If you're in Los Angeles, people still remember and talk about their first experience with the King Tut exhibition three decades ago," said Andrea Rich, president of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "We have no doubt the same will be true with this exhibition."

For national curator, David P. Silverman, context was key. The exhibition does not focus solely on King Tut, but provides a wide-angle view of the time preceding the boy's ascension to the throne and the religious realities of the world Tut inherited.

"It's not just important to show the objects in cases, you must put them into context," said Silverman, who also curated the previous Tut exhibit in Chicago.

Arranged chronologically into 11 galleries, visitors are first confronted with the simple humanity of King Tut, in the form of a wooden figure — head and torso — taken from his tomb. In the darkened room, all light rests on the Boy King depicted without the gold and jewels that have earned him his latest moniker — King of Bling.

First marking the discovery of Tut's tomb in 1922, the exhibition presents 50 items buried with the Boy King, including several pieces of furniture, a game board and two golden statuettes.

One gallery is dedicated solely to items found with Tut's mummified remains, including a ceremonial dagger on his left thigh and a gold crown found around his head.

But perhaps the most prized object is the coffinette that contained Tut's mummified liver. The ornate figurine is propped open, and a peek inside shows rows of intricate hieroglyphs set in gold.

The gallery ends with a video showing digital scans of Tut's remains, part of a five-year project partially funded by National Geographic. The scans show he was not killed by a crushing head blow, as had been theorized, but perhaps died from a broken left leg and subsequent gangrene infection.

Sponsors expect some 1.2 million people will see the Los Angeles exhibition, which runs through Nov. 15, before the show travels to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chicago and Philadelphia. A schedule of dates can be found at the exhibit's Web site, http://www.kingtut.org/ .

Tickets cost $25 apiece for weekdays and $30 for weekends.

An estimated $35 million of the exhibition's proceeds will be used for conservation efforts in Egypt. The country has announced plans to build 13 new museums.

"Egypt is proud to share these treasures with another generation," said Ahmed El-Maghraby, Egypt's tourism minister. "Tourism is another bridge to peace and understanding."

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Entertainment | delaine eastin, first woman to serve as california’s superintendent of public instruction, dead at 76, entertainment, entertainment | 100 year anniversary: the discovery of king tut’s tomb, here's how a boy king reached greatness 3,000 years after his death.

Finding a Pharaoh

Nearly 100 years ago, the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered. Here’s a look at one of the greatest archaeological finds in history.

Almost lost

Tutankhamun was about age 9 when he became king of Egypt. He died after a 10-year rule (approximately 1332–1323 BC). His story would have been forgotten if it were not for the discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings. It is the most intact Pharaoh’s tomb ever found and it held a wealth of objects that give a unique insight into this period of ancient Egyptian history.

Despite the riches it contained, the tomb of Tutankhamun, No. 62 in the Valley of the Kings, is quite modest compared to the other tombs in the area, both in size and decoration. This is because Tutankhamun came to the throne very young and ruled for about nine years. Scientists believe he died at about the age of 19.

Approximately 5,000 artifacts were discovered inside. These include objects that Tut would have used daily, such as clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, incense, furniture, chairs, toys, vessels made of a variety of materials, chariots and weapons.

Tutankhamun was erased from history because he was the son to the unpopular King Akhenaten, but once his tomb was discovered, his fame surpassed many of Egypt’s greatest rulers.

The tomb became one of Egypt’s top attractions, with about 4,000 tourists a day in the late 1980s.

Beginning in 2009, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, the Getty Conservation Institute undertook the multiyear conservation effort.

Is there a curse?

Tut on tour.

Artifacts from King Tut’s tomb toured the world in museum shows, including the worldwide 1972-79 “Treasures of Tutankhamen” exhibitions.

The most fragile artifacts, including the burial mask, no longer leave Egypt. Tutankhamun’s mummy remains on display within the tomb in the Valley of the Kings . His layered coffin has been replaced with a climate-controlled glass box.

The Tutankhamun collection will eventually move to the Grand Egyptian Museum, located near the Pyramids of Giza.

Coming to Los Angeles and San Francisco

Artifacts not included, but a visual storytelling experience about King Tut will be touring the nation and in Los Angeles soon. National Geographic’s Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience is a cinematic immersive exhibition that takes guests on a journey to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.

Visitors can travel back in time 3,000 years to the 18th dynasty when King Tut ruled and gods like Ra and Anubis were worshiped by all. Descend into King Tut’s tomb, 100 years since its historic discovery and join him in his quest for immortality. Experience all of this and more in a story 3,000 years in the making.

Los Angeles

When: Open November 04, 2022 – December 31, 2022

Location: Magic Box LA – 1933 S. Broadway, Los Angeles

Ticket information is at beyondkingtut.com

San Francisco

Sources: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, History.com, The Associated Press, Egypt Today, Albertis-window.com , Khan Academy, National Geographic , “The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen” by Howard Carter, The Griffith Institute at the University of Oxford, Theban Mapping Project

Mask, statue and mural photos from Wikimedia Commons

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