TAKE YOUR TIME FOR TUT.Byline: Stories by Evan Henerson Staff Writer The ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs'' exhibit opens today at the L.A. County Museum of Art. If you don't have one of the nearly 300,000 tickets that have already been sold, don't fret. There are still plenty of tickets available for the show that runs through Nov. 15, including some for dates in June. Unlike the previous Tut exhibit that came to L.A. in L.A. In is a compilation of studio recording by Various Artists. It was originally released in 1979 as an LP by Rhino Records. Track listing Side One The Kats 1978, drawing more than 1.25 million people, visitors to the new exhibit figure to avoid lengthy lines due to the issuing of time-stamped tickets. As a general rule, weekday visitors will face smaller crowds (and pay about $5 less per ticket) than those who brave the weekend. Whatever the assigned day and time, viewers are encouraged to travel through the exhibition entirely at their own pace. Exhibit officials estimate that most people will take 60 to 90 minutes to get through the exhibit, ``but if someone wants to spend three hours and read every single thing,'' says Arts and Exhibitions International 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. John Norman John Norman, pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born June 3, 1931), is a professor of philosophy, but is better known as the author of the Gor series, which was popular in the 1970s and early 1980s with millions of copies sold, and still has many fans. He holds a Ph.D. , ``they're more than welcome to.'' Children can get in on the act via the Pharaoh's World activity center, which accompanies the exhibit (but can be visited separately, free of charge). Young archaeologists can sift around in an enormous sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. and discover treasure. There are also stages where children can make masks of themselves and wrap a dummy mummy. ``It sounds a bit macabre,'' says Kathlyn Cooney, who helped create the center with Nancy Thomas, LACMA's curator of Egyptian Art Egyptian art, works of art created in the geographic area constituting the nation of Egypt. It is one of the world's oldest arts. Earliest History The art of predynastic Egypt (c.4000–3200 B.C. . ``But children love seeing mummies. They don't have it figured out yet, and it's incredibly fascinating to them.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) The coffinette for the viscera viscera /vis·ce·ra/ (vis´er-ah) plural of viscus. vis·cer·a pl.n. 1. The soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities. of Tutankhamun, which contained the 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. liver, depicts him as Osiris, holding a crook and flail. David Sprague/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) no captionm (King Tut coffin) |
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