We opted not to get the guided headphone tour, but I did see many kids wearing the headphones, happily bouncing around/interacting with the exhibit this way (might be worth it if your kids are not the stop-and-read-every-placard type). The 6 -foot guardian of Ka statue, a 16-inch coffinette for the pharaoh ’s liver, and a golden cross bow are among the standouts. Part 1 takes you on a journey through King Tut’s entombment and his many preparations for the perils and glories of the afterlife.

Taking the train cuts out the traffic variable and parking so we had plenty of time to arrive (and hit the bathroom) for our entry to Part 1 of the exhibit on the third floor. Station in DTLA and come every 10 minutes and the ride from Culver is less than 15 minutes to Expo Park. The Expo line train runs all the way from Santa Monica to the 7th St. I bought 11:45 a.m.tickets-tickets are required and advanced purchase recommended-which gave my two girls and I plenty of time to get to the train platform in Culver City after leaving our house in Culver 10:15 and parking at a Metro lot near the train. The exhibit, the largest ever to leave Egypt, includes more than 150 objects from the tomb of the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun-featuring 60 that have never been displayed outside of Egypt. King Tut: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh offers a once-in-a-lifetime excuse to pack a lunch, jump on the Expo line and trail through the Rose Garden to the California Science Center. Then an 11-year-old Egyptian boy hired to carry water to the work site, an archeologist, his wealthy benefactor, and an army of Egyptian workers proved them all wrong.

Is there anything left to discover? One hundred years ago, most Egyptologists believed that the Valley of the Kings held not one piece of undiscovered treasure.

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