A new exhibit celebrating the ancient pharaoh King Tut is about to land in several cities with a very modern twist - taking a digital look at the boy king for the Instagram age.
Not a single golden treasure or artifact from the tomb is on view at "Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience." Instead, high-resolution digital projections of Tutankhamun's world are splashed along high walls and floors as visitors walk through nine galleries that chart his life, death and times.
The New York show is at the massive Pier 36 event space - once home to 25 basketball courts - and uses 25,000 square feet to show Tut's burial chamber, explore his family tree, how he was prepared for mummification, the treasures he was buried with and even his impact on popular culture. An introductory film presented in an archeologist's tent starts the process off, and all of it is very social media friendly.
The exhibit culminates in a massive room and a swirling, vivid, even trippy animated sequence that traces what ancient Egyptians believed was Tut's fraught path to the afterlife. Following the formal immersive experience, guests who elect to pay extra can strap on VR headsets to watch the film "Tutankhamun: Enter the Tomb," narrated by Hugh Bonneville of "Downton Abbey" fame.
He became king at around 9 and died mysteriously when he was 18 or 19, found in a modest tomb not picked apart by graverobbers. Lach says everything about Tut has "the makings of that kind of perfect storm of intrigue." "I'm so happy for Egypt, for the folks that visit Egypt, but the folks that can't go to Egypt, I think this exhibit is the next best thing and brings these artifacts to life in a brand new way," says Lach.
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