Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Exhibition: Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs

Wiener Zeitung


The golden sarcophagus of Egyptian pharaoh Tut-Ank-Amen will be on display in an exhibit of 150 items from the tombs of ancient Egypt's rulers at Vienna's Ethnology Museum beginning on March 9. British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus in Luxor's Valley of the Kings in 1922 after it had lain undisturbed for some 3,300 years. Kunsthistorisches Museum Director Wilfried Seipl said that the ruler had died of natural causes at the age of 20. Egyptian Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah will visit Vienna shortly before the exhibit opens.

More details can be found on a dedicated page on the Kunsthistorisches Museum's website.
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4 comments:

Helen Strudwick said...

Maybe I'm wrong, but I did not think that the exhibition at Vienna will include a (golden) sarcophagus. Does anyone else know different?

2:24 pm
Andie said...

I'm going to visit the exhibition tomorrow at the O2 in Greenwich. It will be the same one that visits Vienna.

Like you, I am sure that this detail is incorrect but I will be able to let you know tomorrow afternoon.

Of course someone else may post before then.

All the best
Andie

7:52 pm
Anonymous said...

It's not the O2 exhibition AFAIK
See:
http://snipurl.com/eefnews
"newly designed", "only venue in Europe" (yes, I know you Brits
think you are not part of the continent ;)) and note the overlapping dates.

8:04 pm
Andie said...

Yes, you're quite right. I have made so many mistakes this January that I am not at all astonished to have achieved yet another one!

Still, I am very surprised to find that there are two Tutankhmun exhibitions perambulating the planet at the same time, but it appears to be the case! This one is called Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs.

The SaudiAramco World site has something more to offer (http://tinyurl.com/2a4d5h): Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs is [another] extensive exhibition of more than 140 treasures from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh and other sites. It includes his golden sandals, created specifically for the afterlife and found on his feet when his mummy was unwrapped; one of the gold canopic coffinettes, inlaid with jewels, that contained his mummified internal organs; and a colossal figure depicting Tutankhamun as a young man, which originally may have stood at his mortuary temple. Providing context and additional information are 75 objects from other tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, March 9 through September 28.

As I will not be visiting Vienna in the forseeable future I will rely on others to let me know which artefacts are there and what the exhibition is like.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Cheers
Andie

9:23 pm

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