Irvin Lippman, executive director of the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, said he anticipates that King Tut will do for Fort Lauderdale what Art Basel has done for Miami Beach: create a lasting impact on the institution and the community.

“The residual value . . . is huge,” said Lippman, who attended the West Coast premiere.   “It's great to have the exhibition and yes, it's great to welcome hundreds of thousands of people [to the museum], ” he said. “But for the next 20 years those . . . people will recall having seen the exhibition in Fort Lauderdale.” ...

Returning King Tut exhibit to visit S. Florida, The Miami Herald, Florida, USA, June 17, 2005.

Even to those who know her best, Pesed is a woman cloaked in mystery.

She traveled halfway around the world to make her home at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Lawrence County, and rumor has it she sometimes made late-night jaunts across campus, roaming dormitory halls and snuggling up with unsuspecting co-eds.

Though people close to her know she came from Egypt's Akhmim region, south of Cairo, they've learned little about her life there.   They're also curious about the meaning behind the small metal charm she wears tucked under her arm.

Mostly, they want to know what she looked like...

Scanning for answers to mummy's mysteries, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, USA, June 21, 2005.

cf. The Mummy Overview, Westminster College.

The Petrie Museum, which has a world- famous collection of Egyptian material spanning 8,000 years, was one of the first museums to get its entire collection online - which is just as well because it is extremely difficult for even the staff to get physical access to the collection.

It is part of University College London, which is planning a glittering new purpose-built museum, the Panopticon, to house all the university collections, most of which have never been on public display...

Treasures buried in old stables, The Guardian, UK, June 14, 2005, via Explorator.

This one includes RealPlayer audio.

Tourism is important to Egypt's economy, and Egyptian officials hope a traveling exhibit on King Tut will bring American visitors to their country.   The exhibit "King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opened last week (June 16) in Los Angeles.   Egyptian officials say the long-dead ruler has become an important part of their marketing effort.

Outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, archeologist Zahi Hawass joked that King Tut has been appointed an Egyptian ambassador, who will take a message about Egypt to Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, and Philadelphia...

King Tut Markets Egypt as Tourist Destination, VOA News, USA, June 21, 2005.

...Carter's discovery has fascinated me since childhood.   Mummies can be deliciously scary, and children, as well as adults, have been mesmerized even by such low-caliber offerings as "Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy."   But a presentation as no-nonsense, authentic and high class as "Tutankhamun and the Golden Ages of the Pharaohs," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art until November, can beguile all of us into thinking we are amateur Egyptologists...

Tut's curse, a mummy myth, Long Beach Press-Telegram, California, USA, June 20, 2005.