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The Glittering Treasures of Tutankhamen, the Golden Pharaoh
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The Glittering Treasures of Tutankhamen, the Golden Pharaoh

Robyn White

Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh may be the last chance to see Tutankhamen’s cultural hoard in the UK. Arts & Collections visited the Saatchi Gallery exhibition to see what may become the most popular exhibition of the decade  Almost a century ago in November of 1922, during his last funded dig in the Valley of the Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his sponsor Lord Carnarvon broke into a tomb.  Carnarvon asked if Carter could see anything....

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Treasures of Tutankhamun On Show in London for the Last Time at the Saatchi Gallery
Life & Culture

Treasures of Tutankhamun On Show in London for the Last Time at the Saatchi Gallery

Robyn White

The treasures of the famous Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun are on display at London’s Saatchi Gallery from 2nd November until May 2020. The exhibition, The Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, holds more than 150 artefacts found in the king’s tomb. The precious artefacts were carefully buried with the ‘Boy King’ to ensure his safe passage into the afterlife and to prevent any harm coming to him as he began his next life (considered by the ancient...

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