The Franklin Institute King Tut exhibit opens Feb. 3
If you're looking for something new to do this weekend, look no further than The Franklin Institute's new exhibit, opening Saturday. Thirty years after Tutankhamun's treasures last visited the United States and more than 3,000 years after his death, the treasures of the boy king will be coming to Philadelphia, the final stop on the current U.S. tour.
More than doubling the size of the original 1977 exhibition, Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of the Pharaohs will be bringing close to 130 pieces of Egyptian antiquities, many outside of Egypt for the first time, to The Franklin Institute. The 18th Dynasty, also known as the "Golden Age", produced some of the most exquisite pieces of art for some of Egypt's most famous rulers. Within the exhibit witness not only a child-sized throne made of wood, gesso, gold, ivory, and copper alloy but also artifacts from the five other tombs of Pharaohs who ruled during the "Golden Age".
For more information, visit www.fi.edu.
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