Postcards from Paradise: King Tut

Can I share with you a trip through time?

Here's a glimpse of some of 

the artifacts of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun,

discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 in Tut’s tomb

on the floor of the Valley of the Kings.

Tutankhamun was born about 1341 BC

and died a short 18 years later in 1323 BC.

He was a pharaoh of the 18^th dynasty,

son of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

The exhibition of antiquities is by National Geographic.

It's on display at Pacific Science Center in Seattle

(through January 6, 2013), its last stop before

returning to Egypt, never – it is said – to travel again. 

And, just in case you need a little amusement,

here's Steve Martin's take on the whole

King Tut phenom

(via Saturday Night Live and You Tube. . . )