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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Tut sequel’s audience is second largest

Entertainment | By Mike Boehm | November 22, 2005
With a closing rush, King Tut’s tally at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art reached 937,613 visitors, museum officials said Monday – the second-largest audience for any museum exhibition after the 1.25 million who saw the touring display from the Boy King’s tomb that came to the museum in 1978. Read more
 

Monday, November 21, 2005

The midnight hour, and Tut’s a sellout

Entertainment | By Christopher Reynolds | November 21, 2005
If the Los Angeles County Museum of Art threw its doors open around-the-clock to accommodate last-minute visitors to its pricey but popular King Tut show, who would show up at 2 a.m. Read more
 

Friday, November 4, 2005

No Tut Curse for Local Economy

California | Local | By Mike Boehm | November 4, 2005
Legend has it that a curse descends on those who tamper with King Tut’s treasures, but displaying them has brought many blessings to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – starting with the $2.5 million that LACMA expects to net by the time “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” closes Nov. Read more
 

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Tut Show Likely to Draw 900,000

California | Local | By Mike Boehm | November 3, 2005
King Tut’s L.A. empire will probably number more than 900,000 subjects by the time his reign ends at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where his treasures have been on display since mid-June. Read more
 

Sunday, August 28, 2005

The boy shill

Entertainment | By Christopher Knight | August 28, 2005
DEATH is not forever. Read more
 

Thursday, July 14, 2005

VIPs Say ‘Tut Tut’ to Waiting in Line

California | Local | By Suzanne Muchnic | July 14, 2005
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, home to the nation’s costliest art exhibition tickets, has raised the bar by offering a $75-a-person VIP ticket to “Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,” more than double the already controversial top price of $30. Read more
 

Sunday, June 19, 2005

No tomb raiders for this Tut

Entertainment | By Diane Haithman | June 19, 2005
In the 1991 movie “L.A. Story,” Steve Martin, daffy in love, roller-skated through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Read more
 

Friday, June 17, 2005

Crowds Greet Return of the King at LACMA

California | Local | By Christopher Reynolds | June 17, 2005
The boy king is back, and once again, gold is gleaming, cash registers are ringing and strangers are whispering in darkened rooms on Wilshire Boulevard. Read more
 

Thursday, June 16, 2005

THE RETURN OF KING TUT

News | By Diane Haithman | June 16, 2005
The “Golden Age of the Pharaohs” is about to collide with the Golden Age of Marketing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Read more
 

Sunday, May 22, 2005

Curse of the blockbuster?

Entertainment | By Mike Boehm | May 22, 2005
The mummy of Tutankhamun lies in pieces in its tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Read more
 

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Boy-King With Chubby Cheeks

Science | By Thomas H. Maugh II | May 11, 2005
Using a skull shape determined by hundreds of recent CT scans, three groups of researchers have independently produced busts showing what Egypt’s King Tutankhamen probably looked like on the day of his death about 3,300 years ago. Read more
 

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Infection, Not a Rival, May Have Dealt the Fatal Blow to King Tut

Science | By Thomas H. Maugh II | March 9, 2005
Refuting some modern conspiracy theories, researchers who for the first time examined the mummy of ancient Egypt’s best-known ruler, Tutankhamen, with a sophisticated CT scanner said Tuesday that his death was not due to foul play. Read more
 

Friday, February 18, 2005

LACMA deems Tut show extra special

Entertainment | By Diane Haithman | February 18, 2005
For the first time, active members of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will have to pay for their tickets for a special exhibition. Read more
 

Wednesday, December 1, 2004

LACMA Will Be 1st U.S. Stop for Tut’s Treasures

California | Local | By Diane Haithman | December 1, 2004
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present an exhibition of King Tut’s treasures in June, but visitors will have to pay up to $30 – a record ticket price – to see it. Read more
 

Sunday, November 14, 2004

CT Scan May Show What Killed King Tut

World | November 14, 2004
Egypt plans to do a CT scan on the mummy of Tutankhamen to try to find out what killed the king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago and died while only a teenager. Read more
 
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