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Treasures of the Mysterious Pharaoh TutAnkhAmun on Display at İstanbul Akvaryum Event Center

The exhibition featuring the treasures of TutAnkhAmun, the boy who ascended the throne in Egypt 3,300 years ago as a child and died at the age of 18, was launched on October 5th at the İstanbul Akvaryum Event Center.

A press conference was held for the Treasures of TutAnkhAmun Exhibition with the participation of Dilek Çapanoğlu, General Manager of İstanbul Akvaryum, Mohamed Atef Abdek Shafi, CEO of Horus Ltd. and the Curator; and Perihan Sadıkoğlu, the first Egyptologist of Turkey.

In her speech at the meeting, Dilek Çapanoğlu said:  "As İstanbul Akvaryum, we have been welcoming millions of domestic and foreign visitors for 12 years and hosting the priceless assets of the underwater world. We welcomed nearly 1.5 million visitors last year including more than 300 thousand students. We are now aiming to break the visitor record this year. More than being a city aquarium, we also host exhibitions featuring different contents around the world. Doors being opened today, The Treasures of TutAnkhAmun Exhibition is one of them... We are excited to display one of the most famous and mysterious pharaohs of ancient Egypt to our visitors with the exhibition that will be open for the next 3 months. Established with 15 different themes on a total area of 1,500 square meters, the exhibition will feature the priceless one-to-one replicas of the priceless 407 artifacts recovered from TutAnkhAmun's burial chamber for the visitors to see closely and be informed about . İstanbul Akvaryum Event Center will continue to bring different exhibitions from around the world to our country as of 2024."
CEO of Horus Ltd. and the Curator Mohamed Atef Abdek Shafi said: "We are launching this exhibition in a prestigious venue, İstanbul Akvaryum, as an exclusive remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Also known as the Golden King since all the items found in his tomb were made of solid gold, the exhibition organized for TutAnkhAmun will feature identical replicas of 407 artifacts specially selected from the treasury. Interesting artifacts such as  the world-famous golden death mask decorated with precious gems, the coffin decorated with the illustrations of Egyptian goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selket, the mummy inside the coffin, a wooden bed gilded with gold, a chariot, TutAnkhAmun's golden throne depicting his love with his wife Queen Ankhesenamun, various furniture items, weapons such as horse carriages, bows and arrows, and a weapon called the dagger from space because it was made of iron from a meteorite that fell in Anatolia will be featured in the exhibition."

After the press conference, visitors had the opportunity to be accompanied by Perihan Sadıkoğlu, Turkey's first Egyptologist who translates hieroglyphs and is also a painter while visiting the exhibition and learnt about other information pertaining to that period.
 

Boy King TutAnkhAmun

Known as the boy king in Egyptian history, TutAnkhAmun lived from 1342 BC to 1325 BC and ruled at the end of the 18th dynasty from 1332 BC to 1323 BC. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaton and his mother, after her tomb was discovered, is now known as the Younger Lady.
The name have the meaning of "the living image of Amun", TutAnkhAmun took the throne at the age of 8 or 9. Thought to be about 1.67 meters tall and have a slim figure, TutAnkhAmun was found to be physically disabled with bone necrosis requiring the use of a cane and a deformity in his left foot, as well as other health issues, including scoliosis. Ending the worship to the god Aton During his reign, TutAnkhAmun restored the supremacy of the god Amon, and re-declared Thebes as the capital. Achieving success in diplomatic relations, TutAnkhAmun launched several construction projects, but was not able too complete most of them due to his death.

TutAnkhAmun's tomb was discovered in 1922 by Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter. All the artifacts recovered from his tomb have been on display in the new Great Egyptian Museum in Cairo since 2022. The main reason why TutAnkhAmun is so famous was told to be that his tomb has never been robbed and all his treasure has survived to the present day. The Treasures of TutAnkhAmun Exhibition will be open to visitors every day between 10.00-20.00 for 3 months starting October 5.  

 


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