OH and I utterly glued to TUT, didn't see Apes so can't compare, but we think its brilliant to the point of not being able to sleep trying to imagine second half which we haven't yet viewed
Had to laugh out loud at the end when, just before the credits rolled, certain rather dubious 'facts' were displayed. Considering that we know next to nothing about Tut's life, the majority of the events portrayed were fictitious so to try and give them some substance was quite amusing.