Special exhibition in the Heidelberg University Museum marking discovery of Tutankhamen’s grave and decoding of the hieroglyphs
When the British Egyptologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen in 1922 he reportedly exclaimed that he saw "wonderful things". As early as 100 years before, the French linguist Jean-François Champollion decoded the hieroglyphs and so laid the foundation for the academic discipline of Egyptology as we know it today. To mark the two anniversaries, the Heidelberg University Museum is holding a special exhibition curated by students of Ruperto Carola in the context of a seminar led by Dr Dina Faltings, curator of the Institute of Egyptology’s collection. ...
