More re display of the mummy of Tutankhamun
National Geographic
The mummy will be removed from its sarcophagus and placed in a climate-controlled glass case in the antechamber of the pharaoh's tomb in Luxor in November (see Egypt map).
"I am taking [the mummy] out to show it to the public for the first time," said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The move is part of an effort to preserve the mummy, which has been in poor condition since it was first discovered, Hawass explained.
Archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb in 1922, the first discovered with its riches so intact.
But Carter and his team partly destroyed the mummy in search of more treasures buried with the pharaoh, separating it into 18 sections, Hawass said.
Humidity and heat, much of it generated by the breath of the tomb's 5,000 daily visitors, have also taken a toll.
"Right now the mummy has no special protection from the humidity in the tomb," Hawass said. "The new case will be specially sealed to protect it from this sort of damage."
The pharaoh's remains will be partially rewrapped in linen with the face of the pharaoh left uncovered, according to Mansour Boraik, general supervisor of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Luxor.
See the above page for more.
- Numbers To Tomb Of Tutankhamun To Be Restricted
Reuters Africa I suppose that this was inevitable after all the new visitors that the new display have attracted to the tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor: Egypt will limit the number of visitors to the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from December...
- From Golden Sarcophagus To Plexi-glass Case
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The last tourists may have been leaving the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank in Luxor but the area in front of the tomb of Tutankhamun remained far from deserted. Instead of the tranquillity that usually descends on...
- The Face Of Tutankhamun Revealed In His Tomb
Times Online More than 3,000 years after his death, King Tutankhamun went on display to the public yesterday in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, a slightly bucktoothed boy who died aged 19. King Tut’s mummified face – which has been seen only...
- Tutankhamun's Mummy To Go On Display In The Valley Of The Kings
news.com.au EGYPT will put the mummy of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun on display next month inside his tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings, allowing visitors to see his face for the first time, Egypt's chief archaeologist said overnight.Zahi Hawass,...
- Tutankhamun's Missing Part Rediscovered
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1630926.htm"His sexual organ has been just another puzzle in the story of the best-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt.Harry Burton (1879-1940) photographed the royal penis intact during Howard Carter's excavation...