We ate lunch and then about 1 pm headed over to the Museum for our 2 pm appointment to see King Tut. The exhibition consists of more than 130 treasures belonging to Tut and his royal relatives, many never before seen outside of Egypt. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the exhibition so pictures included here are from a brochure or the internet. More information is available at http://www.kingtut.org/about_the_exhibition/the_story_of_king_tut/educators_guide Click on download PDF and you will find much information as a teacher would use to prepare students for visiting the exhibit. It has many pictures of exhibits in it and all the interesting info. Briefly, King Tut’s rein was over 3000 years ago from 1392 to 1322 BC. He was only about 10 years old when he took the throne guided by two officials of the court. He died mysteriously when he was approximately 20. The exhibit has 11 rooms with the first 4 sharing information about the royal family and its traditions, beliefs and burial customs. The remaining rooms are about King Tut as a boy, his reign and the tomb and its contents. In the exhibit are mostly items that were found in the tomb. We were amazed at the ability the Egyptians had 3000 years ago to carve and sculpt items, very intricate and perfect. We saw items made from wood, some covered with resin. Also items of gold, silver, copper and other precious metals, semi precious stones and other materials. One intriguing material, Polychrome Faience, we found on the web site http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/f/faience_openwork_collar.aspx , has picture of items made during this time period. The exhibit was very interesting and the web sites above will be quite an education to any who read them and they give a much broader explanation than we can ever do.