Tutankhamen to tour eight European, American cities

Egypt State Information Service

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif agreed to staging an exhibition displaying Egyptian antiquities in eight European and American cities on March 9, 2008 through December 2012 under the rubric Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs in exchange for 34 million US dollars.

Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni, in press statements Wednesday, said the exhibition will be staged at requests from US and European quarters.

On his part, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said the exhibition will last for four years starting next month from the Vienna-based Art History Museum.