Photo gallery: King Tut exhibit in Dallas

Posted by brandy
on May 3, 2009M at 8:15 am

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“Sculpted Head of a Princess from Amarna” is one of the artifacts in the exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is at the Dallas Museum of Art. This head depicts one of Akhenaten’s six daughters, perhaps Meritaten, the eldest. The unusual elongation of the skull, which appears in other Amarna figures, may have reflected religious ideology. Possibly a familial trait, this feature also occurs in the mummy of Tutankhamun, who may have been her half-brother. (Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten 1353-1336 BCE. Photo by McMillan Group)

The exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is at the Dallas Museum of Art through May 17. To see a NewsOK photo gallery of some of the artifacts in the exhibit, click here.

-BAM



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Comment by Gustav Klimt Paintings Fan on June 8, 2009 @ 9:42 am

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is a great exhibition – i saw it in London previously and it was one of the best exhibitions that i’ve been to yet. Very professional. Egyptian history continues to entertain like no other period.

Pingback by Aliens « Anywho, I digress … on October 7, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

[...] disappointing, I have discovered some interesting facts.  My favorite object in the exhibit was a sculpted head of a princess.  Why?  She looks like an alien (see pic, not the orange [...]

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