King Tutankamun’s Gold Coffin Arrives at Final Destination
The Ministry of Antiquities transferred under maximum security with the supervision of the specialized Egyptologists and restorers, the outermost coffin of King Tutankamun from his tomb in the valley of the Kings (KV62) to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza which is planned to be open during the last quarter of 2020.
The process started when the Permanent Committee of the Supreme Council of Antiquities approved the coffin transfer in June 2019 as a part of the preparation for the grand opening of the Grand Museum where all the treasures found in the Golden Boy King’s tomb will be on display for the first time in one place since the discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter in 1922.
Dr. El Tayeb Abbas (General Manager of Antiquities at the GEM) said that the coffin will be on display with the other coffins of Tutankhamun which are on display at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir at the moment and will be transferred to the GEM prior to the opening to be joint in one place for the first time.
King Tutankhamun’s gold coffin in his tomb in the valley of the kings, Luxor, Egypt
The coffin will be shown to the media in the next couple of weeks after the preliminary restoration is completed to stabilize the condition of the coffin of King Tutankhamun.
Jon Hassell, trumpet player and electronic music composer, has died at age 84. Hassell pioneered the influential genre of music he dubbed “Fourth World,” defined as a “a unified primitive/futuristic sound combining features of world ethnic styles with advanced electronic techniques.”
Best known for his groundbreaking collaborative album with Brian Eno, titled “Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics,” Hassell’s early solo records including “Vernal Equinox” (1977), “Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two” (1981), and “Power Spot” (1986) are absolutely essential listening. A pillar of avant-garde and new music, Hassell also collaborated with the likes of Terry Riley, the Theatre of Eternal Music, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears, and Carl Craig.
“If I had to name one over-riding principle in Jon’s work it would be that of respect,” Eno wrote in The Guardian in 2007. “He looks at the world in all its momentary and evanescent moods with respect, and this shows in his music. He sees dignity and beauty in all forms of the dance of life.”
