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The face of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy king whose early death sparked an historical murder mystery, was revealed yesterday.

 

Archaeologists working with forensic specialists and artists have created reconstructions of the pharaoh's head using information from a computed tomography (CT) scan carried out on his mummified body earlier this year.

 

 

full article at news.telegraph

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In my time in Egypt I think that it was generally accepted idea that Tut looked like the face on the mask. Now that I have had a chance to see the faces on television and the internet, it seems that the presumptions were correct.

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