The face of Egypt's most famous ancient ruler, King Tutankhamun, has been put on public display for the first time.

 Archaeologists took the mummy from its stone sarcophagus and placed it in a climate-controlled case inside his tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings.




See King Tut as behind the mask

Visit the following link for the article and a video showing the sarcophagus.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7077423.stm

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