Right here I’ve a press launch in regards to the 1964-65 tour of Canada creatively named Tutankhamun Treasures and I do know you probably have ever seen an exhibit of Tutankhamun treasures little question you might have seen one in every of these canopic coffinettes, the air miles have to be by way of the roof on this factor. The present seems to have had solely rather less than three dozen objects and all of that are small. This tour of Canada was solely one in every of two Tutankhamun exhibitions touring the world on the time to lift funds and donations to assist fund the rescue of the temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel earlier than it descended beneath the rising waters of Lake Nassar after the constructing of the Aswan excessive dam.

The venues for the Canadian tour have been:

The Nationwide Gallery of Canada
The Montreal Museum of Effective Arts
The Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology
The Winnipeg Artwork Gallery
The Vancouver Artwork Gallery
Le Musee du Quebec

The information begins with a quick ahead by the Director of The Nationwide Gallery of Canada, Charles F. Consolation who explains the motivation for the present in addition to thanking those that helped with the exhibition. The introduction covers the identical points aside from this time it’s the United Arab Republic’s Minister of Tradition and Nationwide Steering Abdel Kader Hatem.

A brief historical past of the lifetime of Tutankhamun and the occasions by which he lived is properly introduced by Rudolf Anthes from The College Museum, College of Pennsylvania. That is adopted by the objects within the exhibition all of that are represented by black and white pictures

Checklist of Objects:

1. Gold Dagger and Sheath discovered on the mum of the king
2. Gold Coffinette
3. Gold pectoral inlaid with glass and semi-precious stones with chain and coronary heart counterpoise
4. Gold and blue glass flail
5. Gold and blue glass criminal
6. Giant scarab of Lapis Lazuli and gold
7. Armlet of gold inlaid in blue and pink glass
8. Gold signet ring the bezel which bears a seated determine of Amun-Re discovered on the mum.
9. Gold ring with oval bezel containing a picture of a ship with two baboons worshipping the moon. Discovered on the left hand of the mum.
10. Amulet of Anubis in inexperienced feldspar set in a gold body. Discovered on the neck of the mum.
11. Amulet in chased sheet gold of the cobra goddess Wadjet. Discovered on the neck of the mum.
12. Amulet of chased sheet gold of vulture goddess Nekhbet. Discovered on the mum.
13. Amulet of girdle-knot in sheet gold. Discovered upon the chest of the king’s mummy.
14. An amuletic collar of chased sheet gold of a winged cobra. Discovered on the chest of the mum.
15. Strolling persist with standing gold determine of the king carrying the blue crown.
16. Gilded statuette of the falcon god Hor-khenty-khem with resin coated pedestal.*
17. Picket Shawabti of Tutankhamun given to his burial by Normal Min-nakht.
18. Turquoise blue glass headrest
19. Spouted libation vase in darkish blue faience with a white royal inscription.
20. Pear-shaped vase in darkish blue faience with a royal inscription in white together with the king’s throne title and private title.
21. Darkish blue faience cup with Tutankhamun’s private title in white.
22. Alabaster vase with an interior shell and two outer shells carved in openwork of Uraei and lotus flower petals.
23. Tall alabaster vase with inlaid coloured faience garlands of lotus petals.
24. Alabaster canopic jar lid of king’s head.
25. Alabaster Shawabti.
26. Sandstone shawabti.
27. Alabaster field embellished with black and pink inlaid pigments of flowers and cartouches for Tutankhamun and his queen.
28. Alabaster jug.
29. Small picket field in form of cartouche and embellished with the king’s title in blue pigment.
30. Bronze torch within the form of an ankh on a picket base.
31. Pair of linen gloves.
32. 5 gold toe stalls discovered on the mum of Sheshonk discovered at Tanis in 1939.*
33. Gold sandal discovered on the mum of Sheshonk at Tanis.* 
34. Gold bracelet inlaid with glass and semi-precious stones embellished with the attention of Horus and inscribed for Sheshonk I. Discovered on the mum of Sheshonk.*

This small assortment within the exhibition is actually not on the size of reveals on the 1972 British Museum fiftieth anniversary present or any of the excursions that came about within the 1970’s however its goal was of higher curiosity and because of this, the temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel is in the present day secure, and on land overlooking Lake Nassar

Notes:

* Not included within the exhibition
* Much like examples in Tutankhamun’s tomb.