Dr. Zahi Hawass to Announce New Egypt Discoveries at Atlanta Civic Center in Conjunction...

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Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:01am EDT 

Dr. Zahi Hawass to Announce New Egypt Discoveries at Atlanta Civic Center in
Conjunction With 'Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs'

                            -- Thursday, March 26, 10 a.m. --

    WHAT:       Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council
                of Antiquities, will announce new discoveries in the Valley
                of the Kings, revealed for the first time as part of his
                first visit to "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great
                Pharaohs" at the Atlanta Civic Center. This will be the first
                time these important finds will be announced to the world.

                Interviews will be available inside the exhibition following
                the announcement.

                Hawass will give a near sold-out public lecture to 4,000
                people at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. that evening. The
                touring exhibition, organized by National Geographic,
                AEG Exhibitions and Arts and Exhibitions International, with
                cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities,
                is premiering at the Civic Center in partnership with the
                Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University until May 17,
                2009.

    WHO:        Dr. Zahi Hawass is secretary general of Egypt's Supreme
                Council of Antiquities and one of the world's foremost
                authorities on Egyptian archaeology. He is an honorary member
                of the Michael C. Carlos Museum's advisory board.

                Dr. Peter Lacovara, senior curator of ancient Egyptian,
                Nubian, and Near Eastern art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum,
                will also be available for interviews about the exhibition.

    WHEN:       Thursday, March 26, 2009
                9:30 a.m.    Media check-in
                10 a.m.      Press conference and interviews

    WHERE:      Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center - Pharaoh's Palace
                Use Ralph McGill parking lot and entrance
                395 Piedmont Avenue, NE
                Atlanta, GA 30308

    RSVP TO:    Laura Calliari
                Arts & Exhibitions International
                310-941-8780
                laura@artsandexhibitions.com

                Nicole Okoneski
                GolinHarris
                213-438-8793
                nokoneski@golinharris.com

                Priyanka Sinha
                Michael C. Carlos Museum
                404-822-5019
                priyanka.sinha@emory.edu


/PRNewswire -- March 24/


SOURCE  AEI
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