Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs DVD

In 1976 a collection of 55 treasures from the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun left the Cairo Museum en route to the United States. It took the country by storm and introduced millions of Americans to these wonders of the ancient world.

Now, Egypt has granted another opportunity for us to view such treasures, and again, spectators are mesmerized. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs on DVD, hosted by Omar Sharif and including interviews with Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, Egypt, as well as many other individuals that were instrumental in organizing this exhibition.

Creating this exhibition has been especially gratifying work, for it ultimately allows all of us to participate in an ancient Egyptian wish: "Causing his name to live." Funerary texts often included a phrase like this to ensure that the memory of the deceased and the spirit of the individual would continue to live in perpetuity in the afterlife. By tradition, the children and the ancestors would fulfill this role, but Tutankhamun had no direct heirs to succeed him. In a way, each of us who views the DVD, partakes in the exhibition's marvels and repeats his name, helps ensure that Tutankhamun will indeed achieve immortality.

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