'TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS' WILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK CITY IN APRIL 2010, MARKING THE FIRST TIME A COLLECTION OF TREASURES FROM KING TUT'S TOMB HAS BEEN VISITED THE CITY SINCE THE GROUNDBREAKING 1979 EXHIBITION AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART LAUNCHED 'TUTMANIA' AND ATTRACTED 1.8 MILLION VISITORS. FOLLOWING THE NEW YORK SHOWING OF THIS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, THE TREASURES ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO EGYPT TO EVENTUALLY BE HOUSED IN A NEW GRAND MUSEUM IN CAIRO, WHICH IS PART BEING FUNDED WITH PROCEEDS FROM THIS EXHIBITION, ALONG WITH OTHER ANTIQUITIES PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM LATE APRIL THROUGH TO DECEMBER 2010 AT THE NEW DISCOVERY TIMES SQUARE EXPOSITION FACILITY, WHICH OPENED THIS SPRING IN THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES PRINTING PRESSES IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE. BEGINNING TODAY, TICKET PRE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN AT www.kingtutnyc.com. ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE TICKETS BEFORE THEY GO ON SALE PUBLICLY NEXT YEAR, GIVING PRE-REGISTRANTS PRIORITY ACCESS TO CHOICE DATES AND TIMES. TICKETS WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR A SPECIFIC DATE AND TIME TO AVOID LONG ENTRANCE WAIT TIME.
'TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS' IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE 1979 EXHIBITION, AND ONLY AN HANDFUL OF THOSE ARTIFACTS ARE RETURNING WITH THIS EXHIBITION. WITH MORE THAN 130 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS IN ALL, MORE THAN 50 ARE FROM KING TUT'S TOMB, INCLUDING HIS ROYAL DIADEM -- THE GOLD CROWN DISCOVERED ENCIRCLING THE HEAD OF HIS MUMMIFIED BODY THAT HE LIKELY WORE AS A KING -- AND ONE OF THE GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONE INLAID CANOPIC COFFINETTES THAT CONTAINED HIS MUMMIFIED INTERNAL ORGANS. THE TREASURES IN THE EXHIBITION ARE BETWEEN 3,300 AND 3,500 YEARS OLD.
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