Treasures of King Tut to Tour in U.S.

[Khephra]

LOS ANGELES -- The treasures of King Tut will go on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but visitors will have to pay a record price of up to $30 to see the Egyptian artifacts.

"Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaoh" will begin a U.S. tour June 16 in Los Angeles, before stopping in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Chicago. But the show will not visit New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which helped organize the first exhibition of the treasures in 1976.

The show includes about 130 Egyptian artifacts, compared to the 55 artifacts that toured the country from 1976 to 1979.

The exhibit will continue through Nov. 15 and tickets will range from $15 to as much as $30 for adult weekend tickets, said Andrea Rich, the Los Angeles museum's president and director. The museum was to make a formal announcement of the tour at a news conference Wednesday.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-king-tut-exhibit,0,3233615.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

Well, now I know where I'm going to be in May 2006.

:-)

[proud patriot]

1. I saw the tour when I was a kid

Wow , I'm going to have to take my son .

Wonder when it gets to the Bay Area

[oregonjen]

3. I did too. I think it was up in Seattle that I saw it with my parents

[flamingyouth]

5. I saw it in Seattle too

HUGE lines, but I loved it. Started a lifelong interest in ancient Egypt for me. :hi:

[Khephra]

7. Right back at yah!

:hi:

[pdx_prog]

2. I saw the exhibit in the early 80's....

Seen the Ramses exhibit also.....very awesome!

One of my faves though was the Titanic exhibit....

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. He's my favorite honky.

:P

[Coventina]

6. OMG OMG OMG!!!! I'm so excited!!!

I saw it as a kid in Seattle.....probably THE reason I'm working on my Master's in Art History right now!!!

Can't wait!!!!

[Kahuna]

8. I 've seen the exhibit twice,. Can't wait to see it again.

Just read the article. It's not coming to NY. :cry: