Finishing touches being put on new permanent exhibit at Milwaukee Public Museum

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The finishing touches are being put on a new permanent exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

The new exhibit, "Crossroads of Civilizations" at the Milwaukee Public Museum will give people a glimpse of the earliest civilizations on the planet and how they moved and grew through the years.

"It covers all the way from what today would be Iran and Afghanistan. Actually we even go all the way to where Pakistan is today, all the way to Great Britain, which was the western most extent of the Roman Empire," said Carter Lupton, Crossroads of Civilization Curator. 

It covers 4,000 years of history and is broken down into common themes.

"Whether they are religion, or warfare, or trade and commerce, or communication," said Lupton.

More than 2,000 artifacts are included in the museum's newest addition. One of them is a life-sized replica of Kings Tut and his Chariot. A forensic reconstruction of  King Tut's facial features are based on CT scans performed on his mummy.

"I used those scans to make a replica scull and then I did a forensic facial reconstruction, showing what King Tut would've looked like in his last year of life at 19 years old," said Craig Yanek, Milwaukee Public Museum artist.

The exhibit opens on March 15th, which just happens to be the Ides of March the traditional date of Julius Caesar`s death, a perfect time to recognize the ancient world.

This exhibit is made possible by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation.

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