'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' coming to Discovery Times Square Exposition

New York Daily News ^ | March 24, 2010 | Erica Pearson

[mentor2k]

Get ready to walk like an Egyptian - King Tut is on his way back to the Big Apple.

Tickets went on sale Tuesday for an exhibit of artifacts from the boy pharaoh's tomb, opening April 23 at the Discovery Times Square Exposition.

To mark the occasion, former Mayor Ed Koch welcomed a 25-feet-tall, black-and-gold statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis, which floated on a barge past the Statue of Liberty to arrive at the South Street Seaport.

King Tut was a huge hit the last time he was here, bringing 1.8 million visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1979, when Koch was hizzoner.

The new show, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," has more than twice the number of artifacts. Fifty of Tut's 3,000-year-old treasures - from his gold crown to cosmetic containers - will be on display.

So will the discoveries scientists have made about the boy king using CT scan technology.

The exhibit, which is now at San Francisco's de Young museum, is making its final U.S. stop in New York and will run until January.

[mentor2k]

Notice how the 25 foot statue of Anubis (Egyptian god of the dead) was paraded in front of Lady Liberty for the camera? Also, notice the suitcase strategically placed at the feet of her statue?

God of the Dead?

Symbol of freedom?

Suitcase?

Coincidence? I think not.

[wastedyears]

Better if it was a fighter plane. Then I’d actually go to a museum.

[FemmePatriot]

I did go see the exhibit.. breathtaking ... amazingly done ... while crowded, they managed to control the flow exquisitely .. i wanted to go back after 2 hrs waiting outside in line and another 3 hours spent inside.. if you are in NY, you MUST go see it.. take your children too (10 yrs old and above)... you will not regret it.

[ladyvet]

Saw the tour in Chicago in 1978 and it was very cool. I would love to see it again. I'm surprised they got it out of Egypt without that media whore Hawwas coming along.

[Woebama]

(10 yrs old and above)... you will not regret it.
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Are under 10 allowed? My daughter is 5 but loves Egyptian history. I liked dinosaurs . . . she likes Egyptian costumes and mummies.

[Woebama]

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/king-tut/976141/

[JennysCool]

Tut ping!

[Charles Martel]

Saw the tour in Chicago in 1978 and it was very cool. I would love to see it again.

I saw it in Dallas last year; the centerpiece of the '78 museum exhibit - the Funerary Mask - is not on tour this time. Egypt no longer allows it out of the country.

[ZULU]

No connection between the Cypher in the Oval Office and anything like this.

Looks awesome.

[MomofMarine]

I’ve seen Tutankhamen’s artifacts three times. Each time was as exciting as the first! Anyone who can possibly visit the exhibit should do so—and take your children or grandchildren. My kids were elementary age when they first went and they still remember much of it. (Of course they have had to deal with an 18th Dynasty groupie for a mother, so they had better remember!)

[bert]

I stood in line for 6 or 7 hours in New Orleans to see the exhibit. It is truly amazing. The craftsmanship throughout the exhibit is without equal and truly fitting for a king

My Funerary Mask poster faded and is no more

[Parley Baer]

A number of years ago the artifacts were displayed here in Los Angeles and I went to see them. I agree they are magnificent.

[Charles Martel]

The craftsmanship throughout the exhibit is without equal and truly fitting for a king

The preservation of those items by the desert climate is equally astonishing. Things like child-sized royal furniture and tiny puzzle-like toys; still bright and without a trace of rot or corrosion. It's hard to believe that what you're looking at is thousands of years old.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Anubis (Egyptian god of the dead)

Anubis was the patron god of embalmers. Son of Osiris.

Osiris was the Egyptian god of the dead.

But I see your point. Interesting juxtaposition. Especially since the suitcase has no normal reason for being in the photo.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Brooklyn Museum has one the best Egyptology collections in the country but was bypassed in favor the Metropolitan because of the latter's more favorable location. The Metropolitan was the recipient of a more or less permanent loan of a large collection of artifacts from the Egyptian government and bagged the Tut exhibit as well. The Brooklyn Museum is still well worth a visit any time. It's artifacts (which include early Coptic Christian pieces) are as you described them, showing almost no wear and exhibiting a very high level of workmanship.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

the suitcase has no normal reason for being in the photo.

I think the stickers on the suitcase are supposed to indicate the places the exhibit has been. I take the statue is a reproduction?

[mass55th]

Looks like a prop from one of the Brendan Fraser "Mummy" movies. I saw this exhibit when it was in Philly a while back. I missed the original King Tut exhibit at the Met as the tickets were all sold out. On another note, I'm hoping to see this exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philly sometime this summer:

Cleopatra

[FemmePatriot]

I do not know.. you will need to contact the museum and find out.. i mentioned the age because it’s going to be a long day and some of the kids may get tired and cranky..

[McLynnan]

I also saw it in Dallas last year. The mask alone was worth the price of the ticket. Anybody who has the chance to see this exhibit should go. I was humbled by the intelligence and artistry it took to create the artifacts.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

The Curse! Things started to go bad for California when it was here! The exhibit will bring bad luck to the USA and New York! Mark my words! A Terrorist Attack will hit New York because of this. There are some things people shouldn’t tamper with!