Time right now.
All new this morning,
a chance to see an exhibit of artifacts that
have fascinated the world for more than 100 years.
Archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922.
It was a discovery that opened doors to better understanding the Egyptian culture.
This week,
you'll be able to see Tut's tomb and all
the treasures found inside on display right here in DC
Marcela Robertson is live at the exhibit inside the Rhode Island Center in North.
These with a preview for us. Good morning to you Marcela.
Good morning. And this is so cool.
We've had a chance to walk through this a little bit this morning again.
That exhibit doesn't open until tomorrow,
but we're giving you a little bit of a sneak peek.
So we're really excited about that.
Uh More than 1000 artifacts in here,
replicas of what was found inside of King Tut's tomb and discovered we're talking
from the throne that you're looking at here uh to so many other things.
Uh I can't give you all the details,
but I do wanna bring in Belinda Hartwig archaeologist,
you consulted on this incredible project here
Thanks for being with us this morning. Thank you, Marcella.
It's wonderful to be here. It just so cool and from things like th this child's uh
uh stool here and footstool and chair,
uh just give you an idea of king
and how young he was mind boggling. He got to the throne when he was nine years old.
And when you think about it,
you think about the king's bottom sitting in that throne,
it really gives you a window into just how young he was.
And then things like the, the sandals here uh explain what the um the,
the art on the bottom of the sandal looks like.
One of the things the pharaoh had to do is he had to
make sure that there uh all the enemies of Egypt were being contained.
So what you have is you've got two ideas of the traditional enemies of Egypt
and he would put his feet in those sandals
and he would symbolically be walking over them,
having them under his control.
Wow, we, we know that the Egyptians, uh you know, they, they traveled in style,
especially if you are royalty.
And
uh so tell us about you called this uh what uh this is tuts
Maserati. Um This is one of a number of uh uh chariots that were found inside the tomb.
And he, this is actually his chariot of state.
So he would have ridden in this um drawn by
two horses in front of all the people showing himself
as the semi divine king. Wow.
Uh Talk about this exhibit a little bit because the,
the really cool thing about this is that you
kind of get to walk in Howard Carter's footsteps.
And as he discovered, um all of these treasures in the tomb,
what makes this exhibit so unique is that you become the explorer.
So you get a chance to understand all of the difficulties
Carter had finding the tomb when he finds the tomb,
what it looked like the reveal,
you
not get a chance to see this anywhere else but this exhibition. That is incredible.
I wanna talk about uh this uh chest here.
Um Obviously, we know a little bit about mummification and,
and uh that was such a huge part of, of King Tut and just the Egyptian culture as well.
But talk about these artifacts and everything in gold as well.
What was inside of them?
Well,
so what we're looking at here is that these
are coffin nuts that uh that contains the viscera
of the king.
Um The four viscera were taken out of the body and
they were mummified because if they stayed in the body,
the body would have uh uh putrefied.
So they are contained there. They're contained within this
alabaster uh chamber
and that chamber would have been placed
within this absolutely beautiful gold shrine.
Gold was the flesh of the gods and everything kind of nested to all,
all about self protection, all about the protection of the king's body
in the afterlife. Just incredible.
And this is really just a small glimpse for people interested in learning more.
Uh Tell us a little bit how long this exhibit is gonna be out here and,
and how they can get tickets
easy.
Um So this is gonna be opening tomorrow and it will be through the second of July.
Um They can get tickets through Fever the app. They can also get tickets.
I'm gonna spell this through Tuaca
Moon expo.com
and uh I'm happy,
I think they probably you will have like, yeah, we've got it up for,
for
just incredible. Thank you so much for, for giving us a little bit of insight.
Uh Again, just really incredible.
And this exhibit, the guys is gonna run uh at least six months or so,
but uh just really cool.
And one last thing too, I mean, these are all replicas, right?
So the coolest thing about this is that you can touch
and feel and they are almost exactly like the real thing.
So you really get a chance to,
to get another glimpse of the uh Egyptian culture
and all these very cool discoveries back to you.