Friday, April 21, 2006
Tutankhamun Exhibition, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
Took the afternoon off work to see the Tutankhamun exhibition at Saint-Malo this afternoon. It took about a couple of hours to go round the exhibition of various Eygptian treasures and the famous Tutankhamun burial mask and 'russian doll' sarcophagus. There was also a copy of the Rosetta stone that I found interesting. It was quite suprising how well preserved most of the artifacts were after 5000 years but I think the vast majority of exhibits where replicas from the Cairo Museum.
I remember as a boy that the exhibition was in London in 1972 but the was so much media coverage at the time I really can't remember if I actually went to see Tutankhamun that time, so it was good to see it all these years later.
Well worth a visit if you are in Saint-Malo in the next couple of weeks.
There is a large PDF presentation here
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Tutankhamun Exhibition, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
