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Treasure Bulletin BoardUpcoming Treasure & Archaeology EventsATLANTA, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest touring exhibit in U.S. history opened today in Atlanta. "From Abraham to Jesus" will travel to 28 cities over the next two years and features the largest collection of sacred texts and artifacts, many never before seen outside Israel. "From Abraham to Jesus" presents more than 340 of the rarest artifacts from the Holy Land, many making their U.S. debut, including the ossuary or bone box -- archaeologists believe held the remains of Simon the Cyrene, the man who carried the cross for Jesus. The exhibit, which has been more than three years in the making, is being presented by the Way Makers and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archeology. "From Abraham to Jesus" is a high-tech entertainment experience. It uses photomurals, thematic sets, digital surround sound, the first 3D video shot in Israel, state-of-the art lighting and narration, combined with a musical score produced by national recording artist Don Moen, to help visitors see, hear and feel 2,500 years of Biblical history. "From Abraham to Jesus" also features never-before-seen paintings by America's most collected living artist, Thomas Kinkade, The Painter of Light(TM). "Voltaire said, 'art is the signature of civilization,'" stated Kinkade at a press conference to open the "From Abraham to Jesus" exhibit this morning. "Very little is left behind from achievements of everyday life in a culture except architecture and artifacts. The pieces in 'From Abraham to Jesus' represent everyday art, including vessels and tools, that aren't just utilitarian. The artifacts and sacred texts in this exhibit from so long ago have helped to define our world today." The exhibit opens Sept. 15 in Atlanta and will travel to 27 other cities across the United States and Canada before closing at The Meadowlands in N.J., on Dec. 21, 2008. Some 5,000 people a day are expected to visit the exhibit, which will have a limited engagement of roughly three weeks in each city. Visitors can expect to take anywhere from 90 minutes to two hours to see the exhibit at their own pace. Click to go to the "From Abraham to Jesus" website for dates and locations 27 month tour beginning June 16, 2005 King Tutankhamun exhibition to visit the United States in 2005 for the first time in 20 years, with treasure from the tomb of the legendary Egyptian an Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The exhibit reunites many of the exhibits from the legendary shows in Paris, London and Cologne. Included among the many treasures are the 50 works of art from the tomb of Tutankhamen, incufing the coffin of Tutankhamun's viscera from the tomb of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Exhibit also includes more than 70 artifacts from other royal graves of the 18th dynasty (1555 B.C.-1305 B.C.). Museum of Art, Fort
Lauderdale Exhibit opening December 2005 The Field Museum ____________________ Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptology Two hundred twenty one artifacts from Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at University College London are currently touring the United States. The exhibit is traveling while the Petrie Museum builds a new facility that's scheduled to open in 2008. Museum
of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico Exhibit opening August 24, 2007 University
of Miami, Lowe Art Museum Exhibit opening November 2, 2008 ____________________ Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA) Gold & Treasure ShowsShow Days: Saturday & Sunday Show Times: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Click to go to GPAA website for dates for dates and locations ____________________ Copyright © 1995 - 2008 Stan Nielsen. All rights
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