Accompanied by a lively text, 131 replicas of the pharaoh's sacred and personal possessions (including such spectacles as the golden Canopic Shrine, his magnificent state chariot, the iconic golden mummy case, his thrones, bed, jewelry, spectacular funerary mask, and the bejeweled royal mummy) along with associated artifacts from the period surrounding Tutankhamun's reign reconstruct both the historic discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter and the life and times of Egypt's celebrated boy king.
An innocent puppet-ruler, Tutankhamun was caught in the midst of a dangerous and profound political, spiritual, and artistic revolution against the entire pantheon of ancient Egyptian gods by the first monotheistic religious cult in history. The pharaoh's much overlooked African heritage is explored, along with the religious magic of the sacred objects, and the infamous curse of Tutankhamun.
