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9

Age when Tutankhamun, circa 1332 BC, became pharaoh of Egypt. He would reign for about a decade.

250

The maximum number of persons the AGO plans to admit every 30 minutes.

2005

The year the mummified remains of Tutankhamun were subjected to a CT scan overseen by Zahi Hawass and the National Geographic Society. It revealed that the boy king had a broken left thigh bone, but could not determine if it had been present at the time of his death, in 1323 BC, or occurred when his burial chamber was excavated in 1922.

$34.99

Price of a fabric pharaonic headdress, complete with protruding cobra, at the AGO's Tut gift shop.

1372

Estimated date, BC, of construction of limestone toilet seat found in the pharaonic palace of Amarna and displayed at the AGO

$3.50

Weekday single membership admission for the 1979 Tut show at the AGO ($16.66 in 2009 currency)

$15

Weekday single membership admission for the 2009-10 Tut show at the AGO.

1.35 million

The number of visitors who attended Treasures of Tutankhamun at the Field Museum in Chicago in 1977. Still the record for the Field for attendance at a travelling show.

15

Average number of hours in 1979 that Treasures of Tutankhamun was open during each day of its 60-day AGO run.

10.3

Average number of hours the 2009-10 Tut show will be open each day (closed Mondays) during its five-month AGO stay.

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