tutankhamun treasures of the goldern pharaoh

The collection on display did not contain the famous death mask nor the actual mummy of the young pharaoh – both too fragile to travel – but nonetheless the objects were breath-taking with very informative signs that accompanied them. The display was divided into several spaces, following certain themes. We were welcomed by a short video on an enormous screen introducing the pivotal discovery of the tomb and giving a historical context to the fantastic objects we were about to see. The time-travelling Ertegun scholars met outside the Saatchi Gallery on a lovely Sunday afternoon and joined the long queues – a proof of the never-ending popularity of King Tut, the boy-king.

The idea behind this grand cross-country odyssey, which will end with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Tutankhamun’s final place of rest, is to mark the centenary of the phenomenal discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of Kings in 1922. This 3-year travelling exhibition will be visiting several countries around the world and London is its second stop after Paris. The exhibition, produced by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and IMG, and presented by Viking Cruises was at the Saatchi Gallery, inaugurated in its current location in 2008, a fantastic space, famous for contemporary art exhibitions and its support to new artists – a fun contradiction with the Tutankhamun exhibition, consisting of 3345 year-old art, neither contemporary nor new to say the least. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.The Ertegun scholars had the great privilege to visit the “TUTANKHAMUN: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh” exhibition on its last journey out of Egypt. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.

Tutankhamun treasures of the goldern pharaoh