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The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the closure of the King Tutankhamun Hall at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, effective October 20. This temporary closure will allow for the ...

A composite reconstruction at 3 stages of life, of KING TUT. Tutankhamun (king tut) son of akhenaten died around 1324 b.c. aged aprox 19, ruled of 10+- years he restored the old gods. Over his 10 ...

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An archaeologist performs restorations on the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the restoration lab of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2020 — Khaled DESOUKI As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over ...