The exhibition “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is now in Osaka, Japan, and from there will go to Tokyo, rounding up the final leg of a 10-year-long world tour. The exhibition which will open on Wednesday at the Tampozan Special Gallery includes 122 artefacts carefully selected from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, 50 of them from the collection of King Tutankhamun.
The exhibition “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is now in Osaka, Japan, and from there will go to Tokyo, rounding up the final leg of a 10-year-long world tour. The exhibition which will open on Wednesday at the Tampozan Special Gallery includes 122 artefacts carefully selected from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, 50 of them from the collection of King Tutankhamun.
The exhibits include the golden coffin of King Tutankhamun, boxes engraved with battle fields
and hunting sceneries, various pieces of jewelry inlaid with semi-precious stones, battle kits such as swords and daggers, as well as Tutankhamun’s throne, and a golden shield which was designed to protect the king during and after his death. Encompassing 358 artefacts, Tutankhamun’s wealth is considered to be the most complete of ancient Egyptian kings’ treasures ever found.
Since its beginning in 2002, the exhibition has travelled to Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, France, England, the United States and Australia. The Japanese Prime Minister Naikaku-Soridaijin will inaugurate the exhibition, and Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of State for Antiquities, is leading Egypt’s official delegation at the opening.. The months-long event comes as part of joint cooperation between Egypt and Japan in cultural and archaeological fields.
According to the Cairo daily al-Youm al-Sabei, the exhibition is expected to bring in USD7 million in revenues.
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