{"id":316648,"date":"2022-11-06T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=316648"},"modified":"2022-11-04T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T01:09:10","slug":"beyond-king-tut-the-immersive-experience-coming-to-del-mar-fairgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/beyond-king-tut-the-immersive-experience-coming-to-del-mar-fairgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience coming to Del Mar Fairgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred years to the day after the historic discovery of King Tut\u2019s tomb, Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience, a new exhibition created in partnership with the National Geographic Society, will bring the magic and mystery of Ancient Egypt to the San Diego area, opening at the Wyland Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for a limited run beginning Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

Bringing to life the storied archives of the National Geographic Society in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of King Tut\u2019s tomb discovery (November 1922), the exhibition combines the power of cinematic storytelling and soaring imagery to invite visitors into the golden king\u2019s world like never before. This exhibition goes beyond a traditional artifact display using the power of photography and technology, ensuring that the artifacts from King Tut\u2019s tomb remain in their country of origin.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond King Tut\u00a0will be a must-see for anyone interested in Egypt and the history of King Tut,\u201d said Kathryn Keane, vice president of public programming\u00a0and National Geographic Museum director for the National Geographic Society. \u201cNew technologies are making it possible to fully immerse people like never before in important stories from our past, allowing us to develop connections and understand history\u2019s influence on our present and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The multi-gallery, multi-sensory exhibition whisks guests on a time-traveling adventure to Ancient Egypt. With nine galleries to explore, Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience unlocks the 3,300 year old story of King Tut \u2013 his rule as a child pharaoh, his family, the discovery of his tomb and the mysteries surrounding his early death, and his journey to the afterlife. Tickets are one sale at beyondkingtut.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In conjunction with the announcement of Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience coming to San Diego and the Del Mar Fairgrounds, renowned sandcastle artist JT Estrela created a giant sandcastle of The Great Sphinx just to the south of Powerhouse Park in Del Mar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/a> \u201cAfter the return of King Tut\u2019s treasures to Egypt, Beyond King Tut brings together the all-stars of immersive art and the National Geographic Society to present a fascinating story in a whole new way, with a multi-sensory journey!\u00a0Guests will get to experience the splendor of Egypt all around them, then take an imagined voyage with us to the Ancient Egyptian afterlife,\u201d said Beyond King Tut creative producer Mark Lach.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Produced by Paquin Entertainment Group<\/a>, Beyond King Tut is developed in association with Immersive<\/a>, whose creative team draws from extensive experience creating and marketing cultural content worldwide including the King Tut artifact exhibitions attended by more than 19 million guests. Under the creative direction of Montreal\u2019s world-renowned Normal Studio, Beyond King Tut harnesses projection mapping and new technologies to create stunning visual environments that invite visitors to leave the modern world behind and glimpse an ancient time like never before.<\/p>\n

Wind through the story of a young boy whose name still looms large, and how he changed the ancient \u2013 and modern \u2013 world. Meet Ancient Egyptian gods like Ra and Anubis, descend into King Tut\u2019s burial chamber, and join his quest for immortality. Relive the discovery of the king\u2019s tomb with all his treasures waiting inside, reclaimed from the desert sand after 3,300 years.<\/p>\n

Prices start at $37.50 for adults and $22 for children ages 5-15 (plus ticketing fees). Package rates are available for families, seniors, students and groups.<\/p>\n

About Beyond King Tut<\/p>\n

Covering new ground by bringing together unparalleled partners from the fields of creative artistry to exploration and conservation in Egypt, a team of cultural events industry veterans have come together with the vision to lead the evolution of immersive cultural content resulting in Beyond King Tut, produced by Paquin Entertainment Group, developed in partnership with Immersive and\u00a0National Geographic Society, under the creative direction of Montreal\u2019s Normal Studio.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One hundred years to the day after the historic discovery of King Tut\u2019s tomb, Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience, a new exhibition created in partnership with the National Geographic Society, will bring the magic and mystery of Ancient Egypt to the San Diego area, opening at the Wyland Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1496,"featured_media":316649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11549","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"One hundred years to the day after the historic discovery of King Tut\u2019s tomb, Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience, a new exhibition created in partnership with the National Geographic Society, will bring the magic and mystery of Ancient Egypt to the San Diego area, opening at the Wyland Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for a limited run beginning Jan. 27.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549],"tags":[14495,14497,14496],"class_list":["post-316648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","tag-del-mar-fairgrounds","tag-king-tut","tag-national-geographic-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}