Tuts coming back!
Ah the lucky up in San Francisco!
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs opens at the de Young on June 27, 2009 and runs through March 28, 2010. For more information on the exhibition, visit www.deyoungmuseum.org/tut.
Here is a link to the latest edition of the de Young Podcast of the "behind the scenes" upcoming exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. AEI senior vice president and exhibition designer Mark Lach answers questions about his role in the exhibition, his favorite objects from the tomb of King Tut, and more.
Ever since my mom took me to the first time the Tut exhibit came to San Francisco I was hooked on Egypt. I later took a class at Mesa College on Egyptology and met the most interesting professor, Arlene Wolinski, who encouraged me to keep in touch, as she sometimes went on trips to Egypt. Well, she kept my number and called one day. We were so excited and the trip (s) are ones I will never forget. It is really something else to have a world renowned Egyptologist give you a personal tour of the entire country and hear the history, not tourist stories from vendors to make a buck, or shall I say baksheesh.
Dave and I have had the opportunity to visit my favorite destination twice now, in 2004 and again in 2008. And what adventures and fun we have had. I recommend to anyone to go visit this amazing, historical and very friendly country. As many of the people there said, "We love Americans, we don't George Bush." Well we have a new sheriff in Washington DC and I think the world is looking at us a lot differently these days. Thank God for that! Enjoy the pictures (sorry there are so many, but I couldn't help myself).
Here is a gallery of images from our trips:
May 8th, 2009 at 11:44 am
We're going no matter what!