Treasures of Tutankhamun

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🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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As a major new exhibition of the pharaoh’s tomb arrives in London, we speak to curator Tarek El Awady about the remarkable artefacts buried with Egypt’s iconic boy king. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:34.1	This weekend, a major new exhibition on the Tomb of Tutankarmoon opened in London's Sarchie Gallery.
1:40.8	The exhibition contains more than 150 artefacts from the Pharaoh's burial chamber,
1:46.3	the largest collection ever to travel outside of Egypt.
1:50.2	Our digital editorial assistant, Rachel Dining, visited the Sarchi Gallery last week
1:54.9	to get a sneak preview of the exhibition and speak to its curator, Tarek El-Awardi.
2:00.5	I'm at the Tutankarmoon, Treasures of the Golden Faro exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London today.
2:07.6	So please forgive some background noise.
2:10.3	And I'm joined by curator Tarek L-Awadi to talk about some of the amazing objects they've got here.
2:17.3	So, Tarek, would you mind telling us what your intention with the exhibition was?
2:22.2	What were you hoping to achieve?
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