King Tut Exhibit-My Review

[Hugh R]

At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA.org) Went this morning at 9:30. No cameras, no food, no liquids. Audio tour is available (didn't try, but lots did), very, very crowded, so much so that it was hard to get to the exhibit cases. Mostly exhibits of non-Tut things, but very interesting. Beautiful tooling on the gold, hard to believe it was done 3000+ years ago. Not a lot on Tut himself, no mummies, no Tut death mask, a really fancy sarcacophus of a relative, or however you spell it. Was it worth the $24, $30 with Audio tour, I guess if your into Tut, but a bit of a let down. Takes about an hour and a quarter to walk through

[grudk]

I did it Friday night. It was O.K. but they were missing a lot of stuff I remember from last time it came through (79?), like the big gold mask... (when you say death mask I think we are thinking of the same thing -- I thought that referred to a 'mold' of the actual face. Is there one of those for Tut?). Best overheard quote - 'well you realize all this was mass produced -- it's like looking at a Pepsi can 5000 years from now'

Anyway, WAY crowded -- not bad but I think they should make it a 24 deal so you can go late to avoid the unwashed masses

[Steve Carlton]

I saw the exhibit '78 while at UCLA. I read Egypt is no longer allowing the most prized pieces to go on tour. It's a shame, but I can't say I blame them.

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