São Paulo – Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass is returning to Brazil next September to launch a museum devoted to Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled over Egypt from 1,334 to 1,325 BC. On the 6th, Hawass will deliver a lecture about that period. The 7th will see The Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun museum (pictured above in an artist’s rendering) open to visitors.
A specialist in the pharaoh’s history, Hawass served as consultant and created the concept for the new museum, which is set with Curitiba’s Bosque Rosacruz (the Rosicrucian Garden), c complex devoted to Egyptian history. The area is managed by the Ancient and Mystical Rosicrucian Order (AMORC). It’s also home to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and the Luxor Complex, which is a sort of outdoor museum.
The Rosicrucian Order and the Egyptian archaeologist partnered up for the first time in late 2018, as Hawass delivered a series of lectures in Brazil, as previously reported by ANBA. Seventy items were brought in straight from Cairo, Egypt for the new venue. Created by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the items are faithful replicas of originals found in the tomb of Tutankhamun’s upon its discovery in 1922.
“Basically, the entire collection came from Cairo. The museum’s ground floor will focus on the tomb’s discovery and on Tutankhamun as the king of Egypt. the second storey will revolve around the Egyptian view of death, and the death and burial o the king,” Bosque Rosacruz cultural supervisor Vivian Tedardi told ANBA.
The museum was designed by Italian company Laboratorio Rosso, including venue concept and design, graphic design, and audiovisual material production. The contents, including a video portraying the pharaoh’s mummy with amulets and their purposes, are the outcome of medical research, of theories and facts about the life and death of Tutankhamun, all done with input from Hawass. “Everyone [the museum staff] is really motivated, because the Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun museum is a new way of spreading the word about the history of Ancient Egypt,” said Tedardi.
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Aside from attending the museum launch, Zahi Hawass will also deliver an eponymous lecture, September 6, 7 pm at the Rosicrucian Order. Tickets are BRL 200 (full) and BRL 100 (half-price). An online live broadcast will be available for BRL 50. Afterwards, Hawass is releasing the first Brazilian Portuguese translation of his book Mountains of the Pharaohs, including a signing session.
Quick facts
Lecture The Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun
September 6
7 pm – 10 pm
H. Spencer Lewis Auditorium – Rosicrucian Order (Amorc) – Rua Nicarágua, 2620 – Bacacheri – 82515-260 – Curitiba, Paraná
Tickets: BRL 200.00 – BRL 100.00 (half-price)
Live online broadcast: BRL 50.00
Tickets available online
The Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun Museum Opening
September 7
10:30 am
Tickets: BRL 24 – BRL 12 (half-price)
Rosicrucian Order (AMORC) – Rua Nicarágua, 2620 – Bacacheri – 82515-260 – Curitiba, Paraná
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
