Tutankhamun review – thrills and fun as King Tut gets the Hollywood treatment
Jonathon Jones | The Guardian | 2nd November 2019
What else is there to say about Tutankhamun? Only that which is so obvious it is overlooked. He was young, frail, an inconsequential ruler. The gold is fabulous but more impressive is the exquisite craft and refinement of lesser objects. Everyday objects like food containers give the show “real warmth”. And vulnerability; “they remind you that this is about death and the craving for something beyond it”.