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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Tutankhamun

Pharoah Ramses II as shown in a reconstruction process documented by Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University (Youtube screenshot from video by Face Lab LJMU)
December 24, 2022, 7:23 pm
Scientists reconstruct face of ‘handsome’ Ramses II, possible pharaoh of Exodus
Using CT software that allows accurate facial reconstruction, scientists say they are able to reveal the ancient Egyptian ruler’s face at the age of 45 and 90
By ToI Staff
This photo taken on September 29, 2015, shows the golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber at the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kilometers south of Cairo. (AFP / Khaled DESOUKI)
September 28, 2022, 10:41 am
Tutankhamun’s tomb may conceal fabled beauty Nefertiti, says archaeologist
Researcher says hidden hieroglyphics indicate that Egyptian boy king had buried his stepmother years earlier in adjacent chamber of tomb, behind false wall
By ToI Staff
The newly discovered 'lost city' near Luxor in Egypt (Courtesy/ Zahi Hawass Center For Egyptology)
April 9, 2021, 1:05 am
Egypt says it has uncovered a vast, untouched, 3,000 year-old ‘lost golden city’
Archeologists hail unearthing near Luxor of ‘largest ancient city,’ call it the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the ancient world
By AFP
The gold-covered sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is encased in a tent for restoration procedures at the conservation center of the the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, August 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
August 4, 2019, 5:46 pm
Egypt displays restoration of King Tut’s gilded coffin
Ministry unveils ‘unique historical artifact,’ to be open to public toward end of next year
By Agencies
This image released by Christie's on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, shows a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie's in London. (Christie's via AP)
July 9, 2019, 5:00 pm
Egypt asks Interpol to help retrieve King Tut statue
Egypt’s National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation will sue Christie’s, says auction house didn’t prove ownership of sculpture it sold for $5.9 million
By Agencies
This image released by Christie's on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, shows a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie's in London. (Christie's via AP)
July 1, 2019, 8:01 am
Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry
Ownership of art piece can apparently only be traced back to 1970s; Cairo wants representation of pharaoh’s head returned to its country of origin
By Dmitry Zaks
A golden belt buckle uncovered at an Anglo-Saxon burial site in the village of Prittlewell in 2003 on display at Southend Central Museum in Southend, England, Thursday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
May 11, 2019, 5:52 pm
Scientists liken Anglo-Saxon burial site to King Tut’s tomb
Underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers appears to be site of earliest Christian royal burial ever found in Britain
By James brooks
In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 6, 2018, 5:37 pm
Staircases and postholes: New finds offer insight on how Egypt built pyramids
Archaeologists say discovery of a ramp near Great Pyramid of Giza suggests the structures were constructed more quickly than previously thought
By ToI Staff
In this Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
May 8, 2017, 9:24 am
Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts
Officials searching for safest method to transfer items following damage to burial mask in 2014
By MENNA ZAKI
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on May 3, 2017, shows the remains of a nearly 4,000-year-old model garden following its discovery at the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis on the west bank of the Nile River (AFP)
May 4, 2017, 12:24 am
4,000 year old model garden found outside Egypt tomb
Archaeologists believe unprecedented find near Luxor ‘had a symbolic meaning and must have played a role in the funerary rites’
By AFP
The Giza pyramids near Cairo. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)
October 17, 2016, 10:41 pm
Experts discover ‘cavities’ in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Using radiographic imaging, scientists unearth ‘two anomalies’ in the millennia-old pharaoh’s tomb in Giza
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus as displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, on April 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 2, 2016, 9:31 am
‘Extraterrestrial’ dagger found in King Tut’s tomb
Knife found in the sarcophagus of the Egyptian ruler was made with iron from a meteorite, researchers say
By Raoul Wootliff
The north wall of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber at his tomb at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, Friday, April 1, 2016. Egypt's archaeologists have completed more extensive scanning of two recently discovered chambers behind King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 2, 2016, 4:58 pm
Secret Tut chamber? Egypt calls in experts to examine tantalizing clues
Extensive radar scanning at King Tutankhamun’s tomb suggests secret rooms — perhaps including tomb of Queen Nefertiti — could be hidden behind its walls
By Hamza Hendawi
Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamduh Damati (3L) speaks during a press conference at the antiquities ministry in Cairo about radar scans of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the ancient necropolis of Luxor which show a "90 percent" chance of two hidden chambers, possibly containing organic material, March 17, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
March 17, 2016, 2:43 pm
Secret rooms almost certainly tucked away in King Tut’s tomb
Scans to find Queen Nefertiti’s tomb suggest two hidden chambers, possibly containing organic material, Egypt says
By AFP
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, December 16, 2015. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)
January 24, 2016, 3:05 pm
Egypt to try 8 over botched repair of King Tut mask
Famed mask’s beard was broken off during cleaning, then reattached with damaging epoxy
By AP
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