Ranchos residents Jeff and Linda Soule recently returned from a three-day trip to Los Angeles specifically to view this exhibit.

Linda read about the exhibition in the newspaper earlier this year and knew she had to see it.

"A friend visited the exhibit the last time it was here and he raved about it," Linda said.

This time around, over 130 artifacts from King Tut's grave are showcased.   There are more than 70 artifacts from other royal graves displayed as well.

On a scale of 1-10, Linda rates the experience an 11.   Highlights of the trip included "phenomenal" jewelry with intricate inlay work, the sarcophagus of an ancient pharaoh, and a fan of gilded wood that depicts King Tut hunting two ostriches...

Ranchos couple views treasures of King Tut's tomb, The Record-Courier, Nevada, August 12, 2005.

A visiting scientist from Cairo, Egypt will display replicas of Egyptian artifacts and other items at the Tifton-Tift County Public Library Saturday.

From 9 a.m. to noon, Dr. Salama Ouf will show his collection of pieces from Egyptian history at the library. His collection includes paintings on papyrus and metallic sculptures.

“I’m here as a visiting professor for three months at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station,” said Ouf...

Library to show Egyptian art, The Tifton Gazette, Georgia, USA, August 12, 2005.

And so I, like thousands of others, was attracted to the latest Los Angeles County Museum of Art extravaganza — a traveling exhibit called Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, on display from June 16 to Nov. 11.

While I enjoyed the exhibit, my overall impression was that there was too much toot and not enough Tut — lots of hype for an exhibit was that was just mediocre.   I searched the Web and reviewed the exhibits on King Tut at the world's best museum of Egyptology — the Egyptian Museum in Cairo — which loaned the items to the U.S. for this traveling museum show.   It loaned perhaps 20 percent of its Tut artifacts, but the best of the collection, including the boy king's golden death mask and the multiple golden coffins and sarcophagi, remained behind...

Too much toot and not enough King Tut, Ventura County Star, California, USA, August 14, 2005.

The Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE/NC) present this upcoming free lecture, which is open to the public, to promote a better understanding of Egyptian art, culture and religion both historic and contemporary.

“On Closer Inspection: The Egyptian Blue Lotus... New Discoveries”, Jonathan Meader, August 21, 2005, 2:30 PM, Room 370 Dwinelle Hall, U. C. Berkeley Campus.

ARCE/Northern California Programs.

Among the peoples of the ancient world, the Egyptians occupy a unique position with their approach to death and the possibility of resurrection, particularly since so much of the evidence that has survived over thousands of years comes from a funerary context.

The largest and most comprehensive collection of ancient Egyptian funerary material outside of Cairo is housed at the British Museum.   As part of a joint venture with the British Museum, the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California has drawn upon this world-famous collection of mummies and funerary objects to present the exhibition Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt ... Treasures from the British Museum, which opened on April 17, 2005...

Mummies from the British Museum shown in California exhibition, Middle East Times, Cyprus, August 16, 2005.

What do Cornish hens and ancient Egyptian mummies have in common?

Both, thanks to a hands-on project at Cason Lane Academy, have been treated the same way to help preserve them, and sixth-graders in teacher Mary Melvin's class can tell you how and why the former civilization did it...

Kentucky fried Cheops?, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, Tennessee, USA, August 17, 2005.

Who was King Tut?   Why is his name spelled differently, at different times?   Why was he so important?

Tutankhamun, served as king of Egypt from about 1347 B.C. until his death in 1399 B.C.   When he was a boy, he worshipped Aten the sun god as did rulers before him, Akhenaten and Amenhotep III.   It was Akhenaten who made the new religion the sole religion in Egypt.   As a boy, Tut spelled his name Tutankaten, meaning "the living image of Aten" or "the life of Aten is pleasing."

Tutankaten became king when he was only nine years old.   Four years later the boy king took the name Tutankhamun and restored the old religion...

Who was King Tut and why was he so important? - Part I, Marco Island Sun Times, Florida, USA, August 18, 2005.

Zahi hypes up the Amenhotep I dig before the archaeologists have even found anything.

The tomb of King Amenhotep I became the second non-looted tomb after the one of King Tut.

Joint Egyptian-Polish expedition started the dig of fully preserved tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep I in Kings Valley near Luxor.   According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, archaeologists are close to the greatest discovery.   He considers the discovery in Dra Abu al-Naga region as important as the discovery of Tutankhamun tomb in 1922.

Precious treasures and rarities will be presumably found at the burial place of Amenhotep I.   "We cannot even imagine the abundance and value of treasures and rarities and the amount of gold which we may find in the tomb of Amenhotep I", Zahi Hawass says enthusiastically...    My emphasis.

Scientists discover non-looted tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh, Pravda, Russia, August 17, 2005.

Linda Woods, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has written to let us know of the re-launching of their Web site, www.mfa.org.

“A notable, new feature of the re-launch is an improved and expanded Giza Pyramid Archive which contains thousands of important photos, diary pages, maps, and panoramic views of sites from the MFA/ Harvard University excavations from 1902 to 1947.”
MFA Boston: Art of the Ancient World: Egyptian Art