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Article: The boy behind the mask: scientists reveal King Tut's face to the public.
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- WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- December 7, 2007
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Tutankhamen's face is leathery, his body is the color of soot, and some of his toes are cracked. Still, the famous boy king looks pretty good for his age--he's more than 3,300 years old!
Archaeologists recently unveiled Tut's mummy to the public for the first time. A mummy is a preserved body. Seven men crowded into the king's underground burial chamber in Egypt. Together, they opened the stone coffin, called a sarcophagus. Surrounded by colorful murals showing Tut's life, they peeled back a tan cloth covering the famous mummy.
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Underneath, the king's blackened head lay peacefully, his lips slightly parted to reveal his ...