A 12-month touring exhibition in Japan displaying a range of ancient Egyptian artefacts - including a number of gold pieces - has been deemed a success for one UK University.

Durham University's Oriental Museum sent the exhibition on a tour that resulted in the collection being seen by nearly 200,000 Japanese visitors, the Journal reports.

Among the items on display were a number of tiny gold amulets, unique ancient jewellery and a gilded gold and painted mummy face mask.

The museum earned £60,000 in revenue that has been put into redecorating its Egyptian gallery, which will reopen to the public after a two-year closure tomorrow (July 10th) with an array of old and new exhibits.

"Closing the gallery and undertaking the tour of Japan has given us the time and funding to undertake vital conservation on delicate objects, which we are now able to display to the public for the first time," commented museum curator Craig Barclay.

The Oriental Museum was originally built in 1960, although the gathering of the artefacts that are featured in its exhibitions began shortly after the end of World War II.

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