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Final place of rest
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Revealing the true face: Of King Tutankhamun.
The mummy of King Tutankhamun recently went on public display for the first time — 85 years to the day since his tomb was discovered in Egypt’s famed Valley of the Kings. Until now the boy pharaoh’s remains had rested in his sarcophagus in the burial chamber of the tomb, which lies just north of the city of Luxor. But now the remains, settled inside a wooden box, were carefully transferred to a high-tech glass display case in the tomb’s antechamber. The valley was frenzied with TV camera crews, photographers, and journalists, who converged below the gravelly sun-drenched hills near the tomb. The atmosphere seemed fit for a modern-day movie star, underscoring the enduring celebrity of a king who died more than 3,000 years ago. The move will help preserve Tutankhamun’s mummy, which experts say has been deteriorating rapidly because of exposure to heat and humidity.
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