King Tut's gold comes to London

The world famous Tutankhamun exhibition is heading to London, to give British visitors the chance to see the 3,000-year-old gold artefacts.

After its spectacular world tour in the 1970s, the exhibition is retuning to London with 130 priceless treasures from the Egyptian boy pharaoh and his royal ancestors, discovered last century in the tombs of Egypt.

The gold exhibition, entitled Tutankhamum and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is set to be the largest exhibition ever hosted in Britain and will take place at the O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) from November 22nd this year.

Since Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the boy king in Egypt in 1922, the world has been fascinated by the priceless gold and jewelled artefacts removed from the burial site. This was most clearly displayed in the highly successful 1970s tour, which included just 50 items.

Only seven of these are repeated in the 2007 display, with a further 143 items going on show in 11 galleries.

The exhibition, which has just finished in Chicago, US, has already pulled in over one million visitors in the city alone.