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The Exhibition
February 3, 2007 - September 30, 2007
Entering the Tut Exhibition
Photo by R. Kennedy
More than doubling the size of the original 1977 exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will be bringing close to 130 pieces of Egyptian antiquities, many outside of Egypt for the first time, to The Franklin Institute.
Of the 130 pieces on view, 50 of the artifacts have been excavated from Tut's tomb, including his royal diadem—the gold crown discovered encircling the head of the king's mummified body that he likely wore while living—and one of the gold and inlaid canopic coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs.
The exhibit will also showcase some 70 additional artifacts of other royal graves of the 18th dynasty, a period that produced some of Egypt’s most famous rulers and most exquisite works of art. Many of these artifacts have never before traveled outside Egypt and are between 3,300 and 3,500 years old.
The exhibit also features National Geographic images and film footage about the "Golden Age" of the pharaohs as well as information on cutting-edge research into the life and death of Tutankhamun, the “boy-kingâ€, whose legacy has fascinated the world for centuries.
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