Millennium Knickerbocker Offers King Tut Package with Tickets to Exhibit
CHICAGO, IL, March 30, 2006. One of the most famous royal figures in history, King Tutankhamun is the subject of the highly-anticipated "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" exhibit which will be shown at Chicago's Field Museum from May 26, 2006, - January 1, 2007. The exhibit will focus on the impact of the boy-king, affectionately known as King Tut, as well as offering insights into the life and times of ancient Egypt and its citizens. The exhibit has already opened to great acclaim and long lines in Los Angeles and Florida.
The Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel located on the city's "Magnificent Mile" is offering a special "King Tut" package which features overnight accommodations, two tickets to "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibit, evening turndown service and two VIP welcome drinks, the King Tuttini Martini in the hotel's popular Martini Bar. Rates for the package begin at $219 excluding tax. For reservations please visit www.millenniumhotels.com or contact 866-866-8086.
The Martini Bar is the centerpiece of the hotel's elegant lobby and it features over 50 varieties of martinis and is headed by experienced bartender Mr. Epigmenio Vera affectionately nicknamed Mora and who has over 17 years of experience bartending at the Millennium Knickerbocker. In honor of the King Tut exhibit, the Millennium Knickerbocker and Mora have created the King Tuttini Martini which shimmers in gold. Guest will also enjoy live jazz piano and can have a toast to the boy-king.
King Tut has long intrigued historians and laypersons alike and with this exhibit people can perhaps learn more about an ancient civilization whose influence can still be seen today. The exhibit will showcase are Egyptian funerary and burial traditions as well as their concepts of the afterlife.
It will also feature priceless and personal artifacts of King Tut such as a golden diadem crown inlaid with colored glass and semiprecious stones; one of four miniature viscera coffins, also made of gold and inlaid with colored glass and semiprecious stones that once contained the king's mummified organs; and a painted wooden mannequin of the young king. The exhibition will also showcase more than 70 objects from graves of other members of the 18th Dynasty, including the king's great-grandparents.
For more information on the exhibit please visit the Field Museum's website at www.fieldmuseum.org.
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