Background

You can find background information on the exhibition TUTANKHAMUN – HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES including interesting topical facts, in-depth information, illuminating insights, compelling newspaper articles and interviews with renowned scientists. All video documentaries are stored here as well. Take the plunge into the fascinating world of Tutankhamun.

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Videos


Don Wildman examines the antechamber

In the first instalment of our documentary series the famous American TV presenter Don Wildman takes a look at the discovery and the antechamber of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Don Wildman is a world-famous presenter who, as the host of the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, Off Limits and Monumental Mysteries, consistently takes his viewers on exciting and enthralling voyages through the mysteries and events of world history.

Don Wildman examines the burial chamber and the treasury

In the second instalment of our documentary series Don Wildman looks at the treasures and the different chambers of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Don Wildman is a world-famous presenter who, as the host of the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, Off Limits and Monumental Mysteries, always takes his viewers on exciting and enthralling voyages through the mysteries and events of world history.


Don Wildman examines the gold mask

In the final instalment of our documentary series Don Wildman takes a closer look at the golden mask of Tutankhamun.

Don Wildman is a world-famous presenter who, as the host of the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, Off Limits and Monumental Mysteries, always takes his viewers on exciting and enthralling voyages through the mysteries and events of world history.

Publications

DISCOVERING TUTANKHAMUN

ON THE TRAIL OF TUTANKHAMUN

The new book by Dr Zahi Hawass will be published as a companion volume to the exhibition.

German first edition by Theiss-Verlag in collaboration with SC Exhibitions.

Translated from the English by Wilfried Seipel.

No. of pages: 264
Hardcover
Approx. 500 colour illustrations

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DVD / Blu-ray

TUTANKHAMUN Blu-Ray and DVD

The DVD and Blu-ray present the reconstruction of the Pharaoh’s burial treasure – faithful to the originals, to scale and exactly as the explorer Howard Carter discovered them. Experience a spectacular replica of the burial chambers of the Pharaoh in stereoscopic 3D (Blu-ray).

Both versions can be viewed in either 2D or 3D anaglyph (with the glasses provided).

The Blu-ray also includes a Real 3D version.

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Catalogue

The catalogue accompany the exhibition. They provide valuable information on the exhibition objects, as well as historical background on the time of the pharaohs and the discovery of the burial treasure.

The catalogue is only available in the exhibition shop.

Wissenschaftliche Beiträge

Links

www.griffith.ox.ac.uk
The Griffith Institute is an institution based around the Ashmolean Museum, belonging to the Egyptology department of the University of Oxford. The Griffith Institute was opened on 21 January 1939 and comprises an important and unique Egyptology archive. Copies of inscriptions, drawings, water colours, old negatives, photographs and printed works are all preserved here. It also contains Howard Carters photographs from his excavations in 1922.

www.ashmolean.org
The present-day Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) is a museum constructed as the ‘University Gallery’ in Oxford in 1845. It has been home to the Ashmolean collection since 1894.

www.drhawass.com
The website of Dr Zahi Hawass, the world-famous Egyptian Egyptologist and former Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.

www.laboratoriorosso.com
The photographer Sandro Vannini has one of the most extensive photo archives on the subject of Egypt. He has published several photo books together with the Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass, such as Lost Tombs of Thebes, Tutankhamun and A Secret Voyage.

www.gem.gov.eg
Website of the planned Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

www.highclerecastle.co.uk
Seat of the Carnarvon family and location for the series Downton Abbey.

THE ADVENTURE OF AN EXHIBITION

An Interview with Mr Carter

Howard Carter was born in London on 9 May 1874. His father was an artist and young Howard inherited his talent for drawing. This brought him, at the age of 17, to Egypt to help with the recording of the tombs in Middle Egypt. From then[...]

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Museology and Replicas

Before we turn to the question of the function of replicas in a museum environment, it may prove useful to reflect briefly on the terms ‘original’ and ‘replica’. An original museum object can be seen as having the following[...]

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In Praise of the Copy

“What’s the use of all this copied stuff?” a colleague asked recently in response to the increasing hype surrounding the touring Tutankhamun exhibition. Of course, between the lines, this served to show that copies still have a rather[...]

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