Lines wound around the block as the Museum of Art in downtown Fort Lauderdale offered its last showing of the exhibit Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs on Sunday.

The record-breaking exhibit, which opened Dec. 15, included 50 artefacts from the famous pharaoh's tomb, including his royal diadem and one of the inlaid coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs.

Another 80 objects from other tombs and temples in Egypt's Valley of the Kings were part of the display.

The exhibit drew about 5,000 to 8,000 visitors a day. It was the museum's most popular to date...

It's a wrap for King Tut exhibit in Fort Lauderdale, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Florida, USA, April 24, 2006.

"It's like having great in-laws staying with you," director Irv Lippman said. "You're sad they're leaving, but there's a time for them to go."

"And they're leaving a pot of jam for you," he said with a laugh.

Lippman's good spirits are well-founded. "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" set an astonishing record for attendance. About 650,000 visitors flocking to gaze at gold and jewelled artefacts from the royal graves of Egypt's 18th Dynasty...

Tut leaves museum forever changed, Orlando Sentinel, Florida, USA, April 24, 2006.

cf. Tut bids farewell to South Florida, but his fascination stays on, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Florida, USA, April 23, 2006.

The discovery of gold cartouches dating back to 1400 BC sheds new light on the relationship between two ancient Egyptian rulers, Egypt's antiquities department said Friday.

A team of French and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name of Tuthmose III (who ruled from 1479-1425 BC) near the pharaoh's stepmother Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Luxor, 700km south of Cairo.

"These cartouches... which have the names of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III have been found near Hatshepsut's obelisk which proves that the obelisk was erected by both rulers," said Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...

Ancient gold cartouches found in Egypt, Independent Online, South Africa, April 23, 2006.

cf. Ancient objects found in Egypt, News 24, South Africa, April 21, 2006.

cf. Ancient gold cartouches unearthed in Egypt, Middle East Online, Cyprus, April 21, 2006.

cf. New treasure uncovered in Karnak Temple, State Information Service, Egypt, April 22, 2006.