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What to do This Weekend: Live Music and Skills Workshop are Latest Live Events in Heritage Key Virtual

At Heritage Key Virtual we have a calendar full of live events and guided tours to give you and your friends the best experience. We are always adding something new to our events schedule, and we also we have new games and quests at the Valley of the Kings - with even more to follow soon. This weekend we have a packed schedule for you, starting with some live music on Friday night, followed by a Virtual Skills workshop all day on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday Night: Live Music From Thumper Boucher

The live music events start today at 7pm London Time with Thumper Boucher live at Valley of the Kings. THUMPER BOUCHER is unique artist blending brilliant song-writing with amazing visuals. He's a must-see in a virtual environment.

Preserving King Tut's Guts: The Canopic Shrine and Jars Introduced

Dr Janice Kamrin talks about the Canopic Shrine and Jars, which are on display in Cairo's Egyptian Museum. Click the image to skip to the video.As we described in our recent handy guide to how to make a mummy, the ancient Egyptians went to great and grizzly lengths to ensure that every last bit of a body was efficiently preserved. The internal organs had to be removed in order to effectively dry out a corpse. They would then be individually wrapped and preserved separately in canopic vessels.

Credenhill Open Day

See the wonders of Credenhill hillfort, with these special guided tours - including a tour around this year's excavations - thanks to Herefordshire Archaeology. Call 01432 260470, or email mcassidy@herefordshire.gov.uk for further details.

Event Details
Event Dates: 
Wednesday 22 July 2009 - ended
Event Start Time: 
10.00
Event Length: 
480minutes
Event Status: 
past
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Free English Guided Tours by Volunteers - Highlight tour of Honkan (Japanese Gallery)

Tour around the 2nd floor galleries 'Highlights of Japanese Art' in English, led by TNM volunteers.

Event Details
Event Dates: 
Sunday 21 June 2009 - ended
Event Start Time: 
2.30pm
Event Length: 
40minutes
Event Status: 
past
Event Venue: 
Tokyo National Museum
Images
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