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Brown spots in King Tut’s tomb suggest a rush burial
In the tomb of King Tutankhamen (KV 62), the painted walls are covered with dark brown spots that mar almost every surface. Despite almost a century of scientific investigation, the precise identity of these spots remains a mystery, but Harvard microbiologist Ralph Mitchell thinks that the young pharaoh was buried in an unusual hurry, before... »
KV 62 Cairo replica will include missing fragment
Image via Wikipedia Tourists to Egypt will soon be able to visit the tomb of Tutankhamun without setting foot in the Valley of the Kings. A €500,000 life-size facsimile of the Boy King’s tomb and sarcophagus are to be installed in the revamped Suzanne Mubarak Children’s Museum in Cairo (slated to open early this year).... »
Dr Zahi Hawass discusses the mummy curse
When KV 62, the tomb of Tutankamun, was found, an English reporter translated a piece of text from the front of the Anubis shrine incorrectly. She claimed it said “I will kill anyone who enters this tomb.” But if this text represented an actual, effective curse, everyone who entered the tomb should have died... »
Tomb of King Tut (KV 62) will undergo major restoration
Image via Wikipedia KV 62, the famous tomb of King Tutankhamen will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the wall paintings. The restoration project is a collaboration between Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Getty Conservation Institute. This is not the first time the Los Angeles based Getty Institute has worked in an Egyptian... »
