"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" at the Discovery Times Square Exposition

The "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition explored the figures who guided ancient Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. The exhibition focused on the 18th Dynasty, a 100-year period when Egypt was at the height of its power and the "golden age" of Egyptian artistry. This was the era when Tutankhamun and his ancestors reigned. The extensive array of more than 130 extraordinary artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites features 50 of Tutankhamun's burial objects, including his royal diadem and one of the four gold and precious stone inlaid canopic coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs. The following website gives detailed information one can expects to see at the exhibition. To help those who have no or little knowledge about King Tut, the website has also made the learning easier with the historical facts. http://www.kingtut.org/about_the_exhibition
Suggested steps to know the exhibition better:
(1) Watch a video on exhibition video footage http://www.kingtut.org/flash/video/tut_cc2.html
(2) Look at the exhibition preview http://www.kingtut.org/about_the_exhibition/exhibition_preview
(3) Read the background of King Tut http://www.kingtut.org/about_the_exhibition/the_story_of_king_tut
(4) Catch a gallery preview http://www.kingtut.org/about_the_exhibition/exhibition_preview
(5) Review of the exhibition: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/04/king_tut_exhibit_is_in_new_yor.html
Some pictures of the exhibits from this website.




The door that led into the exhibits.

A mock up of the splendour of Egyptian living.


I had never seen so many artefacts made of gold. It seemed that gold and only gold was King Tut's raw material.