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Thousands of Visitors Flock to Tutankhamun Exhibition on First Day


Sun 03 Nov 2019 | 04:16 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

After the official opening of Tutankhamun exhibition in London, thousands of visitors lined up in front of the main entrance of the Saatchi Hall. They were waiting for their turn for hours to enter the exhibition and enjoy some of the young king`s treasures.

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Tutankhamun exhibition came to London as the third stop after visiting Los Angeles, USA, and Paris, France.

The organizing company the exhibition said in a statement today that due to crowds in front of the main entrance of the exhibition hall, the management of the hall in cooperation with the company extended the hours of daily visit to the exhibition. They made it start from nine in the morning and ends at five and a half pm instead of four and Half day except Thursday and Saturday it ends at 8:30. On Sunday it ends at 7:30 pm.

The company said in its statement that 300,000 tickets have been sold so far.

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Egypt`s Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anani, inaugurated King Tutankhamun Exhibition in London last Friday; it was attended by about 1000 guests from public figures, businessmen and stars of British society.

The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s Ambassador to London Tariq Adel and Fiona Carnarvon, and the eighth granddaughter of Lord Carnarvon, who was funding the excavations of the Howard Carter expedition that discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

It was attended by a group of public figures, wealthy and community stars, including British MP Philip Hammond, well-known English businessman Francis, Robin Geffen Bowl, broadcaster and journalist Hugh Edward, television producer Sally Dwark, British musician Nick Rhodes, Tennessee Heather Weston actress Banaloba Wilton, and other accredited ambassadors and Egyptologists and representatives of many travel and tourism companies.