Dozens of treasures from King Tut’s tomb are now on display in London. The exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” opened Nov. 15 at The O2, formerly known as the Millennium Dome. Organizers expect more than 1 million visitors. The Tut exhibit was in Chicago last year and Philadelphia earlier this year. Its next stop is Dallas. The exhibit is scheduled to open at the Dallas Museum of Art on Oct. 3, 2008.
To protect King Tut’s remains, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities is limiting the number of visitors to his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Starting in December, only 400 visitors will be allowed inside each day. In May, the tomb is shutting down for restoration work.
Pakistan remains under emergency rule, and President Pervez Musharraf says it will stay that way through the parliamentary elections in January. On Nov. 16, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte flew to Pakistan to meet with Musharraf. Shortly before his arrival, Musharraf allowed the country’s independent television news stations to resume broadcasting for the first time since the crackdown. He also freed opposition political leaders who had been under house arrest. Read more in Time magazine.
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