Alicia! She sent in the correct answers to the two trivia questions and was drawn at random from the correct entries. Congratulations, Alicia and have a great time at the show!
Here are the answers to the trivia questions:
1) Why is Tut’s famous gold mask not in the de Young show and where is it currently located?
During the 1980s, the Egyptian government declared that the Gold Mask of Tutankhamun was a national treasure and too fragile to travel. As such, it will never leave Egypt again. Today, the Gold Mask resides at its permanent home, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It and the other 5,000 artifacts from Tut’s tomb, including his solid-gold inner coffin, will soon be housed in a new museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum, being built by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities alongside the pyramids in Giza.
2) Where is King Tutankhamun’s mummy?
Tutankhamun’s mummy still rests in his tomb, in a climate-controlled case, in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. His mummy, three nested coffins and stone sarcophagus have never traveled outside of Egypt. In fact, the mummy was so badly damaged when archaeologists originally removed the Gold Mask and wrappings, that it has only been allowed to leave the tomb four times since 1924: once for CT-scanning and three times for x-raying.
Both answers could be found in an article on the Tut San Francisco website.
Thanks to all of you who entered. Even though you didn’t win, I hope you’ll go see the show. Remember, Tut at Twilight on Tuesday and Wednesday nights offers discounted admission.
Walk like an Egyptian,
Sarah B.
King Tut’s mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings