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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He mighta been King but I don’t think Russell Crowe will be playin him in the movie version!
Well, these pictures settle one controversy for all time. It’s obvious that the pharoahs were Nubian
there are a lot of pictures here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7077423.stm
on the right side of the page click on
In pictures: Tutankhamun revealed
Thanks!
Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 11:03:55 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320504/posts
KV62:
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_876.html
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