New Tutankhamun Show in Vienna

"Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs" will be on view at Vienna, Austria's Ethnological Museum from March 17 to September 28, 2008.

Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs, organized by Austria's Kunsthistorisches Museum in collaboration with the Egyptian Administration of Antiquities and the National Geographic Society, will be on view at Vienna's Ethnological Museum from March 17 to September 28, 2008. A third of the more than 150 objects to be displayed come from the funerary treasures of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1322 B.C.); the others are on loan from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. They include statues, relief sculptures and works in alabaster, bronze, faience, gold, silver and other precious materials. The exhibition traces the history and development of ancient Egypt, its art and culture from the Old Kingdom age of the pyramids through the reigns of the "heretic" king Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 B.C.) and his successor, Tutankhamun. A scale reproduction of the boy-king's burial chamber is one of the show's highlights. Included in the installation are a Colossal Statue of Akhenaten, Head of an Amarna Princess and a Flabellum (fan) and Canopic Coffinette that belonged to Tutankhamun.