Revealed 3,000 Years On, the Toothy Truth About the Face of Young King Tut
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HIDDEN from the world for 3,000 years, the true face of Tutankhamun was revealed yesterday.
The skin is cracked and blackened, and the texture of shrivelled leather. But the features are recognisably human, if not regal. And the noticeably buck teeth were, apparently, a Tut family trait.See the full content of this document
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Revealed 3,000 Years On, the Toothy Truth About the Face of Young King Tut
Tutankhamun was the 'golden boy' ruler of one of the ancient world's greatest empires.
Dead at 19, his mummified body lay for three millennia in a gilded sarcophagus with a treasure trove of gold and jewellery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, until it was uncovered last century by the British archaeolog...See the full content of this document