Southbury Public Library: 'King Tut: The Boy King And His Treasures'

Press release from the Southbury Public Library:

3/16/2022

On Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 from 2-3:30pm on Zoom and streamed to the Kingsley Room, join us for a virtual program celebrating the 100th anniversary of discover of the tomb of “King Tut”

Join us and learn more about the Pharaoh Tut-Ankh-Amun and explore why he is so famous, the remarkable gold treasures found in his tomb, and the story of how he was discovered in 1922.

Marisa Horowitz- Jaffe has been teaching, studying and living ancient history for over 25 years. Her background includes double Bachelors degrees in Egyptology and Roman Archaeology from The University of Michigan, and a Master’s degree from Harvard University in Art and Museum Education. She spent two decades working in elite NYC art museum education departments, and ­­­­now enjoys bringing her own artifacts and mobile museum to teach enrichment programs in schools, libraries and community groups. Please visit www.MuseumsWithMarisa.com for more information.

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this program is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. Registration is required. Zoom invitation links will be sent via email on the day of the program. Please visit the link below for more information and to register.

Registration Link:

Zoom https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/zoom-king-tut-boy-king-and-his-treasures

In Person https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/person-king-tut-boy-king-and-his-treasures

This press release was produced by the Southbury Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.