The traveling “Tutankhamun Exhibition” includes a replica of the pharaoh’s ornate golden throne.[/caption]

The Texas Museum of Science and Technology’s newest exhibition takes visitors back to the days of worshipping cats and mummifying corpses.

TXMOST hosts the 20th anniversary of the “Tutankhamun Exhibition” from The Origins Museum Institute. The exhibit includes 131 replicas of the sacred and personal possessions of the pharaoh widely known as King Tut. The exhibit also includes artifacts from the period of his reign during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, around 1543-1292 B.C.

King Tut’s royal mummy is one of the replicas on display at the Texas Museum of Science and Technology in Cedar Park.[/caption]

A throne, a bejeweled mummy case and an embalming couch are among the items on display.

The exhibit opened to the public Nov. 12 and will remain on display for the next six months.

TXMOST Executive Director Torvald Hessel said the purpose of TXMOST is to bring exhibits such as this to Central Texas and show residents the valuable role a science museum can play in the community.

TXMOST seeks out traveling exhibitions with wide appeal, such as the human biology exhibit “Body Worlds,” which was the museum’s opening exhibition in March 2015.

“[Neither] this exhibition, nor any similar-themed exhibits have ever visited Central Texas, and we are immensely proud to bring this to Cedar Park,” Hessel said.

Artifacts and display items are grouped into five chambers according to aspects of the pharaoh’s life, including an introductory hall, the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, the private and public life of the pharaoh, and his sacred burial. The exhibition is accompanied by text and ambient music.

Each ticket includes admission to the 8,000-square-foot Tutankhamun exhibition; “TimeWalk,” a dinosaur exhibit; and unlimited planetarium shows.

OMI CEO and curator Marty Martin  said the exhibition was most recently at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center in Anaheim, California. The 20th anniversary edition contains several newly added pieces to the collection, including a new chariot, mummy, sarcophagus and an alabaster boat, he said.

The exhibition has been showcased at more than 30 museums since its debut, Martin said.