King Tut Exhibition

@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
October 16, 2023 5:48pm CST
We went to the Art Center for the early showing of the King Tut exhibition this morning There was so much to read on each exhibit that I didn’t have enough time to read everything. I might get a book and read about him or look online. His gold chariot was a beautiful piece of work. Everything looked bright even after hundreds of years. I got a lot of pictures but not everything in the exhibition. King Tut was crowned king when he was nine years old. He married and had several children who all died as children. King Tut himself died at the age of 18 or 19. It’s an amazing story.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Oct 23
That looks very interesting, His story must be very interesting you can probably get most of the information from Wiki
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
It’s all on the internet if I take time to look.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk on YouTube there is a documentary about King Tut PBS Special,
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
@RasmaSandra You can find most anything on utube.
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MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Oct 23
I love how visiting an exhibit like that fuels the desire to learn more!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
It does. I’d read about him before but it was interesting to see so much of his personal life.. They married him off very young to have has several children by age 18 or 19.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
17 Oct 23
Wow this is incredible Ruby! How beautiful and interesting. I am glad you had a good time. I would have enjoyed that. Wow I had no idea he was only 9 yrs when he was crowned.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk Yes, he was most likely expected to. Such a sad fate too so young.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk I think I saw a movie about him..and he had got sick.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk Oh I bet so much to know. But I would have loved it. It is so cool.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
17 Oct 23
Everything concerning ancient Egypt is fascinating. Those exhibitions are so interesting.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
Their lives were so completely different than ours today. I have read a bit about it, and I could look online bit I intend to get the book from the library.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
18 Oct 23
@RubyHawk - I visited the Egyptian Museum in Turin (Italy). It is the most ancient museum dedicated to Egyptian culture in the world, an incredibly interesting place.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Oct 23
@LadyDuck We were at the art center for two hours and didn’t have time to read all the descriptions of all the exhibits. There was so much to see and we had to keep moving. I did get a good many pictures.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50250)
• United States
17 Oct 23
I’d enjoy seeing that exhibition.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
Hopefully it will come to your city. I suppose it’s traveling all over the U.S.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
17 Oct 23
I'm sure you can find stories about him on YouTube as well. Very interesting and a cool picture. Have a good day.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
Thank you. It was interesting and I throughly enjoyed it.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Oct 23
@LindaOHio I’ll go to the library next week , I’ll get the book there if they have:it. If not I’ll have them order it from another county library.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
18 Oct 23
@RubyHawk You're very welcome.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180703)
• United States
17 Oct 23
That must have been great. I don't really get to museums as much as I would like. I might go to the Smithsonian though sometime soon before it gets too cold.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180703)
• United States
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk I think you are right.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
@snowy22315 The exhibit will likely come to your city.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
I don’t go as much as I’d like either. But this one I couldn’t miss. I won’t be likely to have a chance to see it again.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112878)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Oct 23
Oh wow, I'd love to see the king tut exhibit.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112878)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Oct 23
I'll have to check.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
I really enjoyed it. Maybe it will come to your city. It must be exhibiting all over the U.S.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Oct 23
@rebelann Ihope So. You’ll enjoy it.
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HomeBase
@HomeBase (1153)
• United States
18 Oct 23
Oct 18... Well, I haven't looked up anything about this king yet, but it's on my mental list of things to do. When I look up some things about this, expect a book report from me. As a matter-of-fact, let me add a note about this to my planner right now.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Oct 23
Absolutely, you can write the report for us. Good deal.
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HomeBase
@HomeBase (1153)
• United States
17 Oct 23
Looks kind of interesting, I would really like to see the craftsmanship on the gold pieces. I think I would be very interested in the "art" of it all.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
It’s such beautiful work. I saw one piece the sign said it took seven years to build I don’t know how anyone knows today how long it took back then.
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HomeBase
@HomeBase (1153)
• United States
17 Oct 23
@RubyHawk You just made me laugh, yes, how would they know? But hey, maybe the museum folks have (in addition to the exhibit itself) some ancient writings somewhere that give the details?? In the photo that you posted, the gold looks beautiful. Now you have me wanting to spend some time to look up the story of King Tut, but if I add one more thing to my "want to do list" today, I think I'll scream. I'm already behind on my walking, lol.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
@HomeBase I’ll get the book from the library next week. I’m putting it aside for now. We can only do so much.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
19 Oct 23
delighted ya got to go, hon. 'tis what 'xhibit ought'a do - spark the 'magination 'n the desire to learn more. don't reckon i recalled him havin' young'uns?? see? now i've gotta go huntin' to refresh my tired memory, lol. thanks fer sharin' this!
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
18 Oct 23
That exhibit looks like it would be so interesting and seeing artifacts from so many years ago would fascinate me. I don't know much about King Tut either.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (35608)
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21 Oct 23
I enjoy going to historical museums and learning about new things. Although, I always find there is so much information to take in and not enough time to do it in. That King Tut exhibit looks like a winner
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Oct 23
It was a winner. I would have liked to have time to read everything but it wasn’t possible. It was time for the next crowd to be admitted.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Oct 23
@dgobucks226 Thank you. I did enjoy it.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (35608)
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22 Oct 23
@RubyHawk Yes, that's usually the case. It is a lot of information to absorb and not enough time to do it . Glad you enjoyed it!
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Kaz
@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
17 Oct 23
I'm envious. We were going to go see it in London but that was in early 2020 and something else came up... There's a lot of stuff online. There are some good documentaries and also some really way-out ones on youtube as well - but those can be fun to watch in their own way.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
Yes, there’s lots of information out there. I’ll get the book when I go to the library next week.
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Tammy
@tammys85 (30066)
• Baltimore, Maryland
3 Nov 23
Wow! That's amazing. My brother-in-law is into Egyptian stuff, so I bet he'd find this interesting.
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Tammy
@tammys85 (30066)
• Baltimore, Maryland
8 Nov 23
@RubyHawk Oooh, I'll have to check it out! Thank you so much for letting me know. Does it cost anything?
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
4 Nov 23
I think they’re traveling all over the U.S.. maybe he can see it.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Nov 23
@tammys85 Yes, the ticket costs 25.00 here.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Oct 23
I would love to go to that exhibition. That sounds really nice.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Oct 23
@RubyHawk This town is to small. But it would be nice if it came to a bigger city near us.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Oct 23
@jstory07 It probably wiil. I think it’s touring all the states.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Oct 23
Maybe it will come to your city next.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339953)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 23
He didn't live very long and because of this, his tomb is not the most ornate in the Valley of the Kings as he didn't have time to spend on making it more and more decorative.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
It is beautiful, hard to imagine anything so beautiful and all the gold.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (16636)
• United States
17 Oct 23
I'm glad you got to go to the art center to look at the King Tut exhibit. His life was interesting indeed. I remember learning some about him in school and I read a book when I was younger about his life.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 23
I could look it up on line but I think I’ll get the book at the library. I’ve known about him but don’t:know if I’ve read the book.
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (19471)
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2 Nov 23
the photos are fabulous. It must have been an educating experience
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J.N.R Dutton
@jnrdutton (3148)
• United States
27 Oct 23
As a history buff, I remember reading a lot about him when I was growing up. It is indeed all very amazing though sad. I have heard it said he may well have been poisoned, but I'd be curious how they'd be able to say definitively after all this time.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Oct 23
@jnrdutton I don’t know how they could tell after these hundreds of years.
J.N.R Dutton
@jnrdutton (3148)
• United States
28 Oct 23
@RubyHawk interesting, I don't think I'd heard that, and if it's the case then I certainly stand corrected.
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