Tut clearly still has the ability to attract big audiences. After the Field Museum announced a year ago that Tut would return this year, Adler Planetarium and the Oriental Institute planned Tut-related exhibitions of their own, anticipating high public interest...

Through Oct. 8 [2006], the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., in the heart of the University of Chicago campus, will feature a display of the surprisingly elegant photographs taken of Tut's tomb as it was opened in November 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter...

Tut-related shows will be featured through Jan. 1 [2007] in both of the planetarium's sky-gazing theatres. The Sky Theatre re-creates the night sky in Tut's time, telling how ancient Egyptians incorporated the sky in their daily life and religion. The computer-driven SkyRider Theatre takes viewers on a digitally re-created tour of the temples and tombs of Tut's time, including a look at the boy king's tomb and the sumptuous treasure he was buried with...

Tut glut not quite what it was last time around, William Mullen, The Chicago Tribune, Illinois, July 17, 2006.

Egypt received 638,000 tourists during last May, Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization Statistics Maj. Gen. Abu-Bakr Al-Gindi said. European tourists to Egypt during this month hit 68.8% while tourists from the Middle East region and Africa amounted to 17% and 4% respectively. Number of Arab tourists increased by 15.3% thus hitting 129,000 tourists.

638,000 tourists visited Egypt last may, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, July 19, 2006.