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Face of King Tut unshrouded to public
AP ^ | November 4, 2007 | ANNA JOHNSON

Posted on 11/04/2007 7:10:10 AM PST by Aristotelian

LUXOR, Egypt - The face of King Tut was unshrouded in public for the first time on Sunday — 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings.

Archeologists removed the mummy from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb, momentarily pulling aside a white linen covering to reveal a shriveled leathery black face and body. The mummy of the 19-year-old pharaoh, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was placed in a climate-controlled glass box in the tomb, with only the face and feet showing under the linen covering.

"The golden boy has magic and mystery and therefore every person all over the world will see what Egypt is doing to preserve the golden boy, and all of them I am sure will come to see the golden boy," said Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass.

Hawass said scientists began restoring King Tut's badly damaged mummy more than two years ago. Much of the mummy's body is broken into 18 pieces — damage sustained when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the mummy, took it from his tomb and tried to pull off his famous golden mask, Hawass said.

But Hawass said he fears a more recent phenomenon — mass tourism — is further deteriorating Tut's mummy. Thousands of tourists visit the underground chamber every month.

"The humidity and heat caused by ... people entering the tomb and their breathing will change the mummy to a powder. The only good thing (left) in this mummy is the face. We need to preserve the face," said Hawass, who wore his signature Indiana Jones-style tan hat.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; africa; amarna; ancientautopsies; ancientegypt; archaeology; earlofcarnarvon; egypt; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; howardcarter; kingtut; mummies; mummy; newkingdom; nile; nileriver; tut; tutankamun; tutankhamen; tutankhamun; tutty; valleyofthekings
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1 posted on 11/04/2007 7:10:11 AM PST by Aristotelian
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 11/04/2007 7:12:05 AM PST by Perdogg (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Aristotelian

Clinton: “I’d hit it”


3 posted on 11/04/2007 7:12:54 AM PST by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: Aristotelian
BBC News 10 May, 2005

Scientists have carried out the first facial reconstructions of Egypt's most famous ancient king, Tutankhamun. Three teams of forensic artists - French, Egyptian and American - built separate but similar models of the king's face using scans of his skull. The French and Egyptians knew who they were recreating, but the Americans were not told where the skull came from. The models of the boy king, who died 3,300 years ago, reveal a young man with plump cheeks and a round chin.

The French team created this image of the young king

4 posted on 11/04/2007 7:15:10 AM PST by Aristotelian
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To: Aristotelian

He looks like Boy George in that pic.


5 posted on 11/04/2007 7:18:22 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

lol you beat me to it


6 posted on 11/04/2007 7:19:03 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Or Xerxes


7 posted on 11/04/2007 7:19:44 AM PST by wastedyears (One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
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To: Aristotelian

Looks like he has more of an overbite than that artist’s drawing depicts


8 posted on 11/04/2007 7:20:37 AM PST by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: Aristotelian

There is probably no one who has ever loved his job more than Mr. Hawass does. I enjoy his enthusiastic appearances on TV.


9 posted on 11/04/2007 7:21:39 AM PST by Moonmad27
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To: AmericanMade1776

10 posted on 11/04/2007 7:22:06 AM PST by Aristotelian
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To: wastedyears

Must be the eye make up

11 posted on 11/04/2007 7:22:52 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: Perdogg

Wait until the Mooselimb fundamentalist take over the New Caliphate. All Egyptian antiquities will be destroyed as symbols of infidel heterdoxy.


12 posted on 11/04/2007 7:25:02 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Aristotelian

> The French team created this image of the young king

He has that Goa’uld look about him.


13 posted on 11/04/2007 7:25:30 AM PST by Boundless (Legacy Media is hazardous to your mental health)
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To: Aristotelian; All
Wow, what a case of athlete's foot - could have used some quick actin Tinactin...
14 posted on 11/04/2007 7:26:02 AM PST by UFC Pride K1
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To: Aristotelian

Thanks. Many of the artifacts from Tut’s tomb have recently been on tour at U.S. museums. I think Philadelphia was the last stop and after a European tour it is coming to the Dallas Art Museum from October 2008-May 2009. I can’t wait to see it.


15 posted on 11/04/2007 7:27:59 AM PST by McLynnan
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To: Boundless
He has that Goa’uld look about him.

Yes, he does!

16 posted on 11/04/2007 7:31:56 AM PST by conservative cat
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To: Aristotelian

Looks like Boy George with a suntan.


17 posted on 11/04/2007 7:32:24 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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18 posted on 11/04/2007 7:33:41 AM PST by Aristotelian
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To: Aristotelian

That reminds me to NOT go over to Palm Springs for anything today....they’re having another of their insufferable “pride parades”. I’ll stay away until the streets get bleached and steam cleaned.


19 posted on 11/04/2007 7:35:24 AM PST by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: wastedyears

yeah if you get your history from 300!


20 posted on 11/04/2007 7:36:40 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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