In the wake of the huge success of the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs in Osaka, Japan; the Japanese have asked the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to host
In the wake of the huge success of the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs in Osaka, Japan; the Japanese have asked the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to host Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt once it ends tour in the United States.
The Tutankhamun exhibition, hosted by Tampozan Special Gallery in Osaka since last January, is on its final leg of the world tour it started some 10 years ago, and has to date been visited by some 500,000 visitors in Osaka. Japan also asked the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to extend the Tutankhamun exhibition in Japan till 2013.
The Culture Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that the ministry will study Japan’s request, as well as other requests by Arab and European countries to host Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.
Organised by National Geographic and Arts and Exhibitions International, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, the Search for the Last Queen of Egypt features the largest collection of its kind ever assembled. It premiered in June 2010 in Philadelphia, then moved to other States, arriving last week at the California Science Center. The Search for the last Queen of Egypt collection includes more than 150 priceless Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra, one of the most provocative and powerful women in history, whose treasures remained lost to the sand and sea for 2000 years. Colossal statues, jewelry, coins, and handwritten notes from Cleopatra’s lost palace in Alexandria are on the collection.
WATANI International
30 May 2012