Staff at the Tutankhamun Exhibition in Dorchester are alarmed at the news that some of the treasures of Tutankhamun have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Early reports during the Egyptian unrest, suggesting that some of the treasures of Tutankhamun in the Museum had been damaged by intruders, had been rejected by Zahi [...]
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Museum replicas of the two damaged statues are on view at The Tutankhamun Exhibition, Dorchester.
Alarming video and still footage on Flickr, Twitter and blogs show that some of the most famous treasures of Tutankhamun have been damaged. Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and inflicted significant damage to the famous standing gilt figure [...]
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Ever since the pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in his tomb in 1922 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter debate has raged as to his real identity. In recent years the advance in DNA profiling has given hope that Tut’s family connections could possibly be revealed.
The results of important DNA tests carried out in Egypt [...]
Staff at the Tutankhamun Exhibition showing in Dorchester are eagerly awaiting the results of a momentous test carried out on the mummy of Tutankhamun. The results to be announced at a press conference in Cairo on Wednesday 17th February may change our knowledge of this world famous pharaoh by revealing who Tutankhamun really was.
Ever since [...]
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