A file handout photo released in 2005 by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) shows a forensic reconstruction by three international teams of the face of Egypt's most famous king, Tutankhamun. The true face of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun was 04 November 2007 to be revealed to the public for the first time since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago.
In a file picture dated 04 November 2007, the sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun lies empty in his burial chamber after the mummy was removed to a glass cabinet for protection against the humidity and other contamination brought by a constant flow of visitors to the tomb in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kms south of Cairo. Egypt said 11 November 2007 that it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from next month
Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass speaks to the media over the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tutankhamun in a climate-controlled case in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor. Egypt said 11 November 2007 it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings to 400 a day from next month.
No comments:
Post a Comment