The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is working to bring a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy to town in spring 2006, in hopes of renewing the wave of tourism generated by the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, Exploreum director Mike Sullivan said Monday.

Nesperennub, the mummified former priest of Karnak, is currently housed at the British Museum in London, and starting in mid-September will embark on a tour that includes stops in Houston, Tokyo and possibly Mobile...

Exploreum works to lure mummy, The Mobile Register, Alabama, USA, June 28, 2005.

I stumbled across this whilst looking for Tutankhamun material.   A nice site about the discovery of Tutankhamun including a paper with the above title.

While the greatest archaeological find of the century helped spawn a fad, it also prompted Americans to examine their own culture and place in the world.

"No finer human interest story, no more thrilling drama, no greater archaeological revelations could be summoned from history or the most vivid imagination than is told by the mute objects in this tomb of King Tutankhamen — mute objects that speak with golden eloquence and whose message is now being revealed to the world." ...

Old World, New World: America Meets King Tutankhamun, Mary Rekas, University of Virginia, Virginia, USA, May 1, 2000.

A large sarcophagus dating to the reign of King Rameses II (1279-1213 BC) was discovered in Saqqara, south of Cairo, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Tuesday.

The sarcophagus, made of red granite, bears hieroglyphic text and different titles of the deceased. It belongs to an overseer of stables during the reign of Rameses II...

Cairo heralds discovery of large sarcophagus, SAPA-DPA via IOL, South Africa, June 28, 2005.

More on the Edinburgh Thutmosis III exhibition.

A Replica of an Egyptian burial chamber is expected to attract thousands of visitors as part of a major exhibition in Edinburgh.

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmosis III, which was discovered in 1898, will be recreated in the City Arts Centre.   It will be the first ancient Egyptian exhibition to be held in Edinburgh since The Gold of the Pharaohs was displayed in the centre in 1988.

Herbert Coutts, the city council's director of culture and leisure, said: "There has long been great interest in ancient Egypt and it is anticipated that The Immortal Pharaoh: The Tomb of Thutmosis III will be a successful event."   The exhibition opens on 1 October for 14 weeks.

Egyptian chamber recreated , The Scotsman, UK, June 25, 2005.

Fantasies about chatting up legendary figures have come closer to reality in Japan where researchers have developed a mannequin with a built-in projector that can resemble a face of one's choice.

Company president Jun Ishikawa said he wanted to produce historical figures such as ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra...

Japanese get a chance to chat up Cleopatra with DVD-powered mannequin, AFP via Space Daily, June 22, 2005.

A sarcophagus of more than 3,200 years old has been discovered by a mission of Cairo University's Faculty of Archaeology in Saqqara, southwest of Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported Tuesday.

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said the big sarcophagus dating back to the reign of King Rameses II (1279-1213 BC) was made of rosy granite, bearing hieroglyphic signs and different titles of the deceased...

Egypt uncovers 3,200-year-old sarcophagus, Xinhua via People's Daily News, China, June 29, 2005.