Zahi Hawass to Reveal Mysteries of King Tut in Indianapolis this Friday

Submitted by Sean Williams on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 17:08

Indianapolis-based King Tut fanatics will get the chance to hear from one of the world's best-loved living archaeologists, when Zahi Hawass visits the city's Clowes Memorial Hall (of Butler University) to indulge his faithful in the mysteries of the boy-king this week.

Dr Hawass has been touring the States since June 21, when he travelled to San Francisco to attend the official opening of the King Tut exhibition at the southern city's de Young Museum. Since then Dr Hawass has been in unsurprisingly high demand; conducting interviews for TV and newspapers, and wetting his whistle at more than a few glitzy black tie evenings. And it will be this Friday that sees Egypt's very own Indiana Jones enlighten an Indianapolis audience on the myths, legends and mysteries of the world's most in-demand ancient ruler.

It has been over thirty years since Dr Hawass first visited the US, when he helped bring King Tut to the de Young Museum as an intrepid young archaeologist. Fast forward a generation and it appears Dr Hawass himself is one of the main attractions of the glamorous tour (named King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs) which sees 50 of the king's burial items on display including canopic jars, gilded chair, board game and pectoral scarab, on show in San Francisco (June 27 - March 28 2010).

At the same time another 70 precious objects will be wheeled from Indianapolis' Children's Museum (June 27 - Oct 2009) across the border to Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario (Nov 24 - Apr 2010) (under the moniker Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs). All in all it promises to be another momentous 12 months for Tutankhamun, and Dr Hawass' myriad tales of archaeological wonder, Egyptian treasure and political pondering promises to be one of the highlights of the year. The talk begins at 7.30pm, and tickets are priced at $15 - though you can get a $5 discount if you go to Ticketmaster Zahi, and type ZAHI into the 'promotions and special offers' box.

Image by Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

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Sean is an English Literature graduate, who currently works as a writer and journalist in London. He enjoys ancient history, theatre and sport. He does not enjoy Big Brother.

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