Tutankhamun Exhibition Dorchester

The Tutankhamun Exhibition has attracted worldwide acclaim since it opened in 1987, as the then successor to the Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibition at the British Museum in London. It is the only exhibition outside Egypt where it is possible to see the most popular of Tutankhamun’s treasures the magnificent Gold Mask, and the Golden Throne. It is also the only exhibition in which you can see the awesome mummy of Tutankhamun. This anatomically correct mummy has taken technicians two years to recreate using all the available evidence and information on the mummy. The mummy is based on a medical skeleton that has been altered to identically match that of Tutankhamun. The exterior of the mummy has been covered with real skin,though not human, specially treated so that it mummified and cracked in exactly the same way as the mummy, now still in its sarcophagus in the tomb kv62 in the Valley of the Kings.

So accurate are the recreated tomb and treasures that they have been used by publishers to illustrate books on Tutankhamun whilst filmmakers and television companies worldwide have extensively used them for their documentary productions on the young king and the discovery of his tomb.