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  • New King Tut tour aims to rival last one (opens in LA Thursday June 16, 2005)

    06/15/2005 9:12:29 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 583+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/15/05 | Christina Almeida - AP
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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...