The NY Times reports that the famed treasures of King Tutankhamen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo will not be making a stop in Washington (or the Met in New York) as they make their way around the United States in a multi-city visit.
The exhibit will include King Tut’s diamond crown, his gold coffin and a chair from his tomb, along with 47 other objects. An additional 81 objects from King Tut’s ancestors, including Akhenaten and Queen Ti, would also be part of the exhibit, to be co-sponsored by Anschutz Entertainment Group and National Geographic.
On tap for the U.S. tour: Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and Chicago. An additional city is planned, which could be Brooklyn, Philadelphia or Boston. The last time King Tut’s treasures made their way to Washington’s National Gallery in 1976-77, a million people saw the exhibit.
We guess we’ll just have to use the King Tut exhibit as an excuse to visit our blogging comrades in Los Angeles or Chicago.
In 2002, “The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt” brought Egyptian artifacts related to the afterlife and funerary process to the National Gallery.
