Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition curator and the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of Egyptology, University of Pennsylvania

This lecture will trace the legend of Tutankhamun—from the discovery of the boy king’s tomb in 1922 to the international blockbuster exhibition in the 1970s to the current show on view at the DMA. As curator of both exhibitions, Dr. Silverman will provide unique insights on the phenomenon of “Egyptomania,” which has swept the world for the past ninety years. He will also discuss the development of new technologies that have enabled recent findings about the artifacts and remains discovered in Tutankhamun’s tomb.