Tutankhamun Exhibition Is Now Open

It is destined to be the exhibition of the year: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has now opened in London.

Organised by National Geographic, Arts and Exhibitions International and AEG Exhibitions, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, and sponsored by Credit Suisse, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" is the first exhibition to take place in The O2's 6500m squared exhibition centre, The O2 Bubble.

Some of the treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were last displayed in the UK in 1972 and attracted some 1.7 million visitors, setting traveling exhibition attendance records. The British Museum hosted the previous Tutankhamun exhibition and will once again participate in the new display, which will be housed in 11 different experiential galleries.

Unique to the London exhibition is a dedicated gallery to Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb.

The exhibition includes more than 130 treasures, all of which are 3,000 to 3,500 years old. These include artefacts found in the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh as well as several of his relatives and 18th Dynasty (1555 B.C. to 1305 B.C.) contemporaries.

Major objects on display from Tutankhamun's tomb include his royal diadem - the gold crown discovered encircling the head of his mummified body that he likely wore as king - and one of the gold and precious stone inlaid canopic coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs.

The companion book is available from Amazon.co.uk.

The exhibition runs until 31st August 2008. For more information visit http://www.visitlondon.com/tutankhamun

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