ATLANTA , Georgia ( CNN ) -- `` Now , come , travel back in time . See where and how these rulers lived , '' Harrison Ford 's deep voice beckons just before double doors swing open into a labyrinth of galleries displaying more than 130 ancient Egyptian artifacts . This canopic stopper covered one of the openings of a container that held King Tutankhamun 's internal organs . The recorded introduction a la `` Indiana Jones '' welcomes visitors to a new exhibit featuring treasures from boy king Tutankhamun 's tomb and artifacts tied to rulers spanning 2,000 years of Egyptian history . `` Tutankhamun : The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs , '' presented by Emory University 's Michael C. Carlos Museum , premieres in the United States on November 15 at the Atlanta Civic Center . An array of objects associated with rulers dating from Egypt 's Fourth Dynasty into the Late Period ( about 2600 B.C . to 660 B.C . ) makes this the largest and most encyclopedic exhibit featuring Egyptian pharaohs presented in the U.S. , according to exhibition curator David Silverman , who has worked on other exhibits focusing on Tutankhamun . `` A lot of people , when they hear 'Tut , ' they think of gold , they think of the mummy , and they think of the discovery -- all of which is important . But when you think of more than 300 pharaohs , 31 dynasties , [ Tutankhamun 's ] is only one of them , '' Silverman said . Listen to Silverman describe the ancient burial process and artifacts found in King Tut 's tomb » . Carefully focused pools of light illuminate stone pharaohs , gold and carnelian jewels and objects intended for the afterlife in darkened galleries looking at themes including the family life , religion , court and gold of the rulers . A golden mask found on the mummy of Psusennes I presides over the gold gallery . Considered by ancient Egyptians to be the skin of the gods , gold was highly prized and used extensively in royal burial to assure pharaohs ' divinity in the afterlife . A gold collar found on the body of Neferuptah , daughter of Amenemhat III , showcases an intricate arc of carnelian and feldspar that terminates with golden falcon heads . Tour the galleries with exhibition curators » . Four rooms at the end of the exhibit correspond with the four chambers of King Tutankhamun 's tomb . He was one of the last rulers of the 18th Dynasty ; his rule started in 1333 B.C . when he was only 9 or 10 years old and ended in 1323 B.C . when he died under mysterious circumstances . A tented entry , larger-than-life photos of archaeologist Howard Carter and his financial backer , Lord Carnarvon , and photos of the archaeological dig that revealed the tomb set the scene for some of the riches discovered by Carter in 1922 . One of four coffinettes that each held one of the king 's internal organs is among the lavish burial ornaments on display . Statuettes of servants also were found in the tomb , placed there to ensure that the king would do no forced labor in the afterlife . Ancient ritual and modern technology collide in the final gallery , where visitors can see CT scans of Tutankhamun 's mummy , part of an Egyptian research project in collaboration with National Geographic that will scan all of the ancient mummies . The scans of the boy king , long suspected to have been murdered , show no signs of foul play . A suspicious dark spot on the back of the skull was revealed to be a result of the embalming process , Silverman said . Other recent discoveries ? `` Unlike any of the representations that we see of Tut , these scans show that he had a recessed chin and a rather pronounced overbite , '' Silverman said . After its conclusion in Atlanta in May , `` Tutankhamun : The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs '' will open at the end of June in Indiana at the Children 's Museum of Indianapolis . CNN 's Jacque Wilson contributed to this report .
`` Tutankhamun : The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs '' opens in Atlanta . Exhibit places King Tut in a continuum of Egyptian history . 130 artifacts span 2,000 years and more than a dozen reigns .