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Tutankhamun’s tomb at risk of collapse in most fragile state since its discovery 100 years ago

This article first appeared on our partner site, Independent Arabia The tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor is in its most fragile state since its discovery in 1922, with cracks spreading across ceilings, ...
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King Tut gold mask to leave Cairo museum after nearly 100 years

The golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo — Khaled DESOUKI After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask ...
New Scientist

Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

A century ago this October, Egyptologist Howard Carter and his colleagues opened the innermost coffin of the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus for the first time in almost 3250 years. Inside they ...
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Tutankhamun’s tomb at risk of collapse in most fragile state since its discovery 100 years ago

The tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor is in its most fragile state since its discovery in 1922, with cracks spreading across ceilings, rock layers peeling under humidity, and mural colours fading under the ...