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Egyptian Artifacts are being Lost to HistoryExhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun have been held at museums in several countries, notably the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, Canada, Japan, and France etc. The artifacts had sparked widespread interest in Stolen Egyptian Artifacts Egypt when they were discovered between andbut most of them remained in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo until the s, when they were first exhibited outside of Egypt.
Probably the best-known tour was the Treasures of Tutankhamun from until Permanent exhibitions include the Tutankhamun Exhibition in DorchesterUnited Kingdom, which contains replicas of many artifacts.
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All of the artifacts exhumed from the Tutankhamun tomb are, by international convention, considered property of the Egyptian government. Although journalists and government officials generally support the tours, some Egyptians argue that the artifacts should remain on display in their own country, where Egyptian school-children would have greater access to them, and where the museum's exhibit would attract foreign tourists. The first travelling Stolen Egyptian Artifacts Egyptjan a substantial number of Source artifacts took place from to The exhibition, titled Tutankhamun Treasuresinitially featured 34 smaller pieces made of gold, alabaster, glass, and similar materials.
The exhibition had a public purpose in mind, to Stoken public interest in the UNESCO -sponsored salvage program for Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan Dam project". The exhibition was shown in eighteen cities in the United States, and in six cities in Canada, including Winnipeg at the Manitoba Legislature, Montrealand Ottawa. From to an enlarged version of the — North America tour took Stolen Egyptian Artifacts in Japan.
The Japanese exhibition saw nearly 3 million visitors. The French exhibit saw an attendance of 1, It was titled Tutankhamun and His Time and had 45 pieces on display.
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The genesis of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition reflected the changing dynamic of Middle-East relations. It was first shown in London at the British Museum in After a year of negotiations between Egypt Stolen Egyptian Artifacts the United Kingdom, an agreement was signed in July Altogether, 50 pieces were chosen by the directors of the British Museum and the Cairo Museum to be shown at the exhibition, including 17 never before displayed outside Egypt. In Januarythey were transported to London on Stolen Egyptian Artifacts civilian flights and one by the Royal Air Forcecarrying, among other objects, the gold death mask of Tutankhamun. More than 30, people visited in its first week.
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By September,had been to the exhibition, and its duration was extended by three months because of the popularity. When it did close on December 31,1. Treasures of Tutankhamun was the most popular exhibition in the museum's history. Egyptian cultural officials initially stalled prospects of an American tour, as Egypt Stolen Egyptian Artifacts then more closely aligned with the Soviet Union, where fifty pieces had toured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art organized the U.]
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