KING TUT EXHIBIT COMING TO LACMA IN JUNE 2005.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer More than a quarter century after his last visit to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Egypt's most famous pharaoh will revisit the same museum where he set institution attendance records, this time with an entirely new set of treasures to display. ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,'' comprising more than 130 relics from the tomb of King Tut and other crypts from the Valley of the Kings, arrives at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. on June 16 for a five-month stay. Museum officials announced the arrival of the exhibition, the result of a multiple-agency partnership, during a press conference Wednesday. Carrying a top ticket price of $30, ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs'' eclipses previous LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association records of $20 (for the current ``Renoir to Matisse: The Eyes of Duncan Phillips'' and for the 1999 ``Van Gogh's Van Goghs'' exhibition). The price includes admission into all LACMA exhibitions. Among the objects slated for exhibition: the gold crown (diadem diadem, in ancient times, the fillet of silk, wool, or linen tied about the head of a king, queen, or priest as a distinguishing mark. Later, it was a band of gold, which gave rise to the crown. In heraldry, the diadem is one of the arched bars that support the crown. ) found on the boy king's mummified mum·mi·fy v. mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing, mum·mi·fies v.tr. 1. To make into a mummy by embalming and drying. 2. To cause to shrivel and dry up. v.intr. head and one of the coffinettes that contained Tutankhamun's internal organs. The exhibit will also contain artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. from the tombs of Amenhotep II Amenhotep II (flourished 15th century BC) Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1514–1493 BC), son and successor of Ahmose I. Amenhotep extended Egyptian rule southward to the Third Cataract of the Nile while also maintaining rule in the northeast. , Thutmose IV Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV and meaning Thoth is Born) was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen or royal name was Menkheperure. , and Yuya and Tuyu, Tutankhamun's great-grandparents. None of the items in ``Tutankhamun'' were part of the ``Treasures of Tutankhamun'' exhibition that visited LACMA in 1978 carrying a top ticket charge of $2. ``This exhibit will bring back all of the stories about ancient Egypt, about the culture, the discovery and the curse (of Tutankhamun),'' said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities The Supreme Council of Antiquities (commonly abbreviated SCA) is part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and is responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavations in Egypt. . ``For two years, America is going to be 'boom!' '' ``This is,'' added John Norman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Arts and Exhibitions International, another of the exhibition's partners, ``the exhibit of all exhibits.'' Slated to occupy the LACMA West gallery, the King Tut exhibit figures to arrive with the same glut of promotion and spark the same line-generating, hot-ticket status as the 1978 engagement. An estimated 1.3 million saw the ``Treasures'' exhibit, which displayed about 50 relics. Although she wasn't associated with the museum at the time, LACMA president and director Dr. Andrea Rich queued up for that exhibition. ``It was the first major blockbuster in the modern sense that this museum had since its formation,'' said Rich. ``Dr. Hawass is saying he wants 1 million visitors per city for this one. I have no idea what it's going to be.'' Although little is known historically about King Tut - who likely died before age 20 after a short nine-year reign - a certain mythology has developed around the pharaoh since the discovery of his tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter. Tut was born during the Amarna Age, a time when the pharaoh Akhenaten, had introduced his quasi-monotheistic beliefs into ancient Egypt. Tutankhamun restored the traditional gods and re- established Thebes as the religious capital and Memphis as the administrative center. The current exhibition - which stays at LACMA through Nov. 15 - is a partnership between National Geographic, AEG AEG Aeger (Latin: Sick) AEG Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (Common Electricity Company) AEG Aircraft Evaluation Group AEG Association of Engineering Geologists AEG Air Expeditionary Group LIVE Exhibitions (owner of the Staples Center), Arts and Exhibitions International, and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, who together are setting the prices for the tickets. It then moves to the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, followed by a stay at Chicago's Field Museum in 2006. A portion of the proceeds will help fund the construction of a new museum in Cairo that will be the permanent home to all of King Tut's artifacts. That facility won't be completed for five years, according to Hawass. Tickets to the LACMA engagement are currently on sale to LACMA members and will go on sale to the general public in March. Information: www.kingtut.org or www.lacma.org. Member tickets are available at (877) 888-8587. Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,'' comprising more than 130 relics from Egypt's Valley of the Kings, will be in L.A. for five months, beginning June 16. |
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