Mummy’s Back in N.Y.C. With King Tut, Celestial Cow, CSI Egypt
Canopic Coffinette
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A canopic coffinette of Tutankhamun. The gold and precious stone artifact is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition.
A canopic coffinette of Tutankhamun. The gold and precious stone artifact is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition. Photographer: Andreas F. Voegelin/Resnicow Schroeder Associates via Bloomberg
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Making its final stop in New York after a record-breaking U.S. tour, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" offers a close-up of the boy-king. On view at the Discovery Times Square Exposition, are some 50 objects from the tomb unearthed by the archaeologist Howard Carter in Eqypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922. Tutankhamun was probably only 19 years old when he suddenly died. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sacred Cow
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The "Celesital Cow" carved wooden deity from the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" exhibition. The artifact is one of 130 objects on view at the Discovery Times Square Exposition.
The "Celesital Cow" carved wooden deity from the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" exhibition. The artifact is one of 130 objects on view at the Discovery Times Square Exposition. Source: Resnicow Schroeder Associates via Bloomberg
King Tut
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A statuette of gilded wood depicting Tut as the King of Upper Egypt. The artifact, discovered in his tomb in 1922, is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition.
A statuette of gilded wood depicting Tut as the King of Upper Egypt. The artifact, discovered in his tomb in 1922, is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition. Photographer: Andreas F. Voegelin/Resnicow Schroeder Associates via Bloomberg
A jar with a carved lion lid of calcite, ivory and gold. The funerary object is included in the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition at the Discovery Times Square Exposition. Photographer: Andreas F. Voegelin/Resnicow Schroeder Associates via Bloomberg
King Tut
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A gilded wood statue representing Tut as the King of Lower Egypt. The funerary artifact, one of 50 displayed, is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition.
A gilded wood statue representing Tut as the King of Lower Egypt. The funerary artifact, one of 50 displayed, is part of the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition. Photographer: Andreas F. Voegelin/Resnicow Schroeder Associates via Bloomberg
Making its final stop in New York after a record-breaking U.S. tour, “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs” offers a close-up of the ageless boy king who started his trip to eternity on short notice.
On view at the Discovery Times Square Exposition, are some 50 objects from the fabled tomb unearthed by the archaeologist Howard Carter in Eqypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922. Tutankhamun was probably only 19 years old when he suddenly died.
The mysteries surrounding his demise are explored in this engaging show, which features a replica of his mummified remains and a fabulous coffinette with Tut’s face out of gold, as splendid as the mask that delighted the crowds in 1979. I remember waiting forever in line to see “The Treasures of Tutankhamun” at the Metropolitan Museum, where the five-month run created the first museum blockbuster. (Thank goodness for advanced ticketing, which will take you inside through a separate entrance.)
Altogether, there are more than 130 objects, many displayed outside Cairo for the first time.
Spaciously spread over 12 galleries, the exhibition includes gilded statues of the boy king, a calcite, ivory and gold jar with a marvelous lion, and the simple but dramatic wooden head of a bovine deity. Bow now! This is nothing less than the Celestial Cow, who accompanied the pharaoh on his journey to eternal life.
The exhibition examines several theories regarding Tut’s early death. Was it the usual means of royal succession in ancient Eqypt, namely murder? Through advances in computer technology, including CT scans and DNA testing, forensic scientists present a new, somewhat less dramatic possibility.
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is at the Discovery Times Square Exposition, 226 W. 44th St. For information +1-888-988-8692; http://www.discoverytsx.com
(Daniel Billy is an editor with Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)
To contact the writer of this story: Daniel Billy in New York at dbilly@bloomberg.net.
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