By Akram Medhat
During the first hour of the opening of the "Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Pharaoh" exhibition to the public in the French capital, Paris, about 5,000 visitors crowded in front of the entrance of the "La Villette" City of Science in northern Paris to visit the young king's exhibition, which runs until mid-September.
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Officials at the hall said that 180,000 tickets have been sold in advance so far, and the exhibition is expected to achieve great success during its stay in the French capital, Paris.
It is worth noting that the exhibition includes 150 artifacts from the collection of King Tutankhamun, among them a number of gilded ushabti statues, wooden boxes, canopic jars, the gilded wooden ka statue and alabaster vessels, and the exhibition has returned after an absence of 52 years.
The opening of the exhibition was attended by Dr. Khaled El-Enany, Egypt's Minister of Antiquities, and French Minister of Culture Franck Riester on March 21, amid worldwide media coverage. The opening ceremony was also attended by Ambassador Ehab Badawy, Egypt's ambassador in Paris and its permanent delegate to UNESCO.
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