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World to gaze on King Tut's face King Tut's face unveiled to world
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The face of one of Egypt's most mysterious ancient rulers, the boy king Tutankhamun, is being put on public view for the first time on Sunday. The face of one of Egypt's most mysterious ancient rulers, the boy king Tutankhamun, has been put on public view for the first time.
His mummy is being displayed in a climate-controlled case inside his tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings. Archaeologists took the mummy from its golden sarcophagus and placed it in a climate-controlled case inside his tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings.
The event comes exactly 85 years after the site was discovered by the British explorer Howard Carter. The event comes exactly 85 years after the site was discovered by British explorer Howard Carter.
Only about 50 people are thought to have seen his face since then though thousands have seen his sarcophagus. Until now, only about 50 people have seen the 3,000-year-old face.
The face remained intact because of the mummification process and will continue to be protected from heat and humidity.The face remained intact because of the mummification process and will continue to be protected from heat and humidity.
Tut's spell "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," Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass told reporters.
It is more than 3,000 years since Tutankhamun died, probably still in his teens. Tutankhamun was probably still in his teens when he died. Although he was a fairly minor royal, the treasures that were unearthed have captivated the world and drawn millions to the Valley of the Kings.
Although he was a fairly minor royal, the treasures that were unearthed have captivated the world and drawn millions to the Valley of the Kings. Critics say the remains will be put under threat by the heat and the humidity brought into the tomb by the vast crowds.
Egypt's chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, says the remains of Tutankhamun and other relics are now under threat from the heat and the humidity brought into the tomb by the vast crowds.
The remains are being removed from the original golden sarcophagus and placed in a climate-controlled plexi-glass case in the antechamber of his tomb.
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