Word: tutankhamenophilia
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...English, normally phlegmatic about art, greeted the event with ecstasies of Tutankhamenophilia. Tut appeared on posters, postcards, carrier bags and 56 million commemorative stamps; the B.M.'s supply of replicas of Tutankhamen's jewelry was sold out on the first day. Bottlenecks in the museum caused three-block queues outside it. The museum hopes that when the exhibit closes six months hence, 1.5 million people will have seen it. That would net about $1.3 million, most of it earmarked for a UNESCO fund to restore the temples on the island of Philae in Egypt, now submerged...
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