King Tut does London

We went to the King Tutankhamun exhibit today at the O2 Arena in London. Even though it was in the Northwest during its first tour in the 1970s, we never made it around to going. The exhibit was really well done and well staged and was somewhat special because Tut's tomb was discovered by Briton Howard Carter. Of course, none of the really good stuff was there. I don't think the Egyptians let that out of their sight anymore, especially to the English whose British Museum is crammed full of artifacts from Egypt.

Still, we were amazed by how incredibly well some of the pieces are preserved, considering many are made from wood and are thousands of years old. They were obviously super well preserved and undisturbed for that whole time -- almost hard to believe. The exhibit goes from London to Dallas in October 2008.