SAN FRANCISCO—In 1979, museum lovers were treated to the wonders of Egypt when the M.H. de Young Museum set up the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibit, with King Tut as the centerpiece of the entire display. Over one million people came to get a look at King Tut, and with the return of King Tut to the new M.H. de Young Museum, they hope to take that total much further.

   The new exhibit is going to be called "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" and will be opening up for visits beginning on June 27, 2009 and will be available for the next nine months, until it is moved on March 28, 2010. Nine months will be the longest any exhibit has spent in the de Young, and they hope it will be an exciting experience for everybody. The exhibit will be open seven days a week and on October 1, 2009 the museum began to make Mondays a day exclusively for school tours.

   Everything in the new display will be over 3,000 years old. The display will hold many different items not found in the 1979 exhibit. This new tour includes an audio tour, more of Tutankhamun's items from his tomb and over 130 artifacts from his royal family, his predecessors and court officials, according to reports from the de Young website. Of the 50 items from King Tut's tomb, only 12 will be from the 1979 exhibit. The most famous piece, which will be on display, is the crown that rests on top of Tut's mummified body. King Tut's mask will not be able to be on display because of the high insurance costs if the mask is moved.

   King Tut is known as the "boy king" and ruled Egypt for nine years beginning in 1341 B.C. and ending in 1323 B.C. He died at the young age of 18 and his tomb was found centuries later by Howard Carter in 1922, left in almost perfect condition.