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This Easter to early summer you’ll be able to take a step back 3,000 years into the past with the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition. We’re promised ‘cutting-edge technology with rich historical narratives’ from the exhibition, which has been touring the globe for some time – apparently 1.8m people have seen it – and now makes its UK debut for 14 weeks only from March 28.
Using splashy projections and computer technology, the exhibit will be divided over six galleries, each of which will bring the maximum amount of razzle dazzle to bear on the time of the Pharaohs. Made in collaboration with the History Channel and endorsed by the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, you’ll be able to experience such thrills as an immersive movie about the discovery of the tomb, a VR experience taking you ‘into the Egyptian afterlife’ and an AR walk through the Valley of Kings.
Clearly the whole thing is somewhat lurid – which is exactly why it looks like great fun for families, whose younger members might chafe at the prospect of examining some thousands of years old statuettes for the afternoon (there are in fact some of those) but are bang up for hanging out with a slew of animal-headed deities.
The show will run at ImmerseLDN, a new venue within the sprawling ExCel Centre in the Docklands that will also play host to a new immersive Elvis show later this year.
Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition is at ImmerseLDN, Mar 28-Jun 29. Tickets go on sale Jan 31.