A customs committee headed Friday for Luxor to finalize procedures to fly King Tutankhamun's chariot to New York to join the Discovery Times Square Exposition exhibit of the famed boy ruler.
Hamdi el-Qadi, the under-secretary for cargo village customs, said it is the first time the chariot leaves Egypt.
The chariot was supposed to join the exhibition of King Tut's famous artifacts when the exhibit opened.
Initially the chariot was late due to the volcanic ash that suspended flights from Europe, but the reasons for the further delays were unclear.
The Tut exhibit features about 130 objects including more than 50 of his burial objects.
A blockbuster exhibition on the boy-king was first shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1979 and drew millions.
