The exhibition "Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh" closed its doors to the public yesterday evening, Sunday, in the French capital, Paris, breaking the record in the history of cultural exhibitions in France, with 1,423,170 visitors over the 6 months since it was opened by Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany on March 23 at the Grande Halle de la Villette.
In this context, El-Enany explained that in 1967, when France hosted the exhibition for the first time, it attracted about 1.2 million visitors, and today, 52 years later, on its second journey to Paris, the young king's exhibition managed to attract more than 1.4 million visitors, which shows how passionate the French people and visitors to Paris are about ancient Egyptian civilization. He added that despite the success of these two exhibitions, they only allowed the French people and the peoples of the world to see a small, modest part of the golden king's treasures and of Egypt's ancient civilization.
The Minister of Antiquities stressed that this exhibition is an invitation to attract and encourage millions of visitors from around the world who are passionate about Egypt and its great and unique civilization to travel there to discover thousands of pieces of the golden king's treasures, visit him, and enjoy seeing the many distinguished archaeological sites and museums across Egypt.
It is worth noting that the exhibition "Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh" includes 150 artifacts from the young king's collection, among them a number of gilded ushabti statues, wooden boxes, canopic jars, the gilded wooden ka statue, and alabaster vessels.
