Panel from the back
of the golden throne
of King Tut

Tutankhamun

"King Tut"

Under Construction
Sorry for the Inconvenience

map of Egypt

enlarged map
from The World Factbook

Lonely Planet Map

This is the face
behind the famous golden death mask
of King Tutankhamun

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In the News . . .

King Tut Tomb to Get Makeover -- Discovery News (10 November 2009)

King Tut explorer’s photos, treasures revealed -- MSNBC (16 July 2009)

King Tut Had Twins, But Why? LiveScience (9/12/08)

Tutankhamen Fathered Twins, Mummified Fetuses Suggest Science Daily (9/4/08)

Cairo Paternity Test for King Tut BBC News (8/6/08)

Tutankhamun Fetuses to Get Paternity Test New Scientist (8/6/08)
Egypt Tests DNA From Fetuses in Tut's Tomb MSNBC (8/6/08)
DNA Tests to Study Mummy Fetuses In King Tut Tomb LiveScience (8/6/08)
DNA Tests to Study Mummy Fetuses in King Tut Tomb ABC News (8/6/08)
King Tut Tomb Fetuses May Reveal Pharaoh's Mother National Geographic News (8/7/08)
DNA Tests for Tutankhamun Daughters Guardian (8/7/08)
Tut's Tots Nature (8/7/08)

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PCforum: Topic 9 -- Kin Tut's face Unveiled to the World

Monday's Headlines in the Duluth News Tribune reads:

"Egypt unveils King Tut's face 85 years after discovery"

King Tut's face unveiled to world
Monday, 5 November 2007 -- BBC News

Ever since his discovery in 1922 by Howard Carter, Tutankhamun, "King Tut," has been one of the most talked about discoveries in all of archaeology.

Already today, it is one of the top three stories accessed on the BBCnews page.
(Monday, 5 November 2007)

Today's Story:

"Egypt Puts King Tut on Public Display"

(Monday, 5 November 2007) Associated Press

Related Sites:

BBC information is at King Tut's face unveiled to world
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7077423.stm>
(Monday, 5 November 2007) BBC News

National Geographic information is at Tut Mummy on Public Display for First Time
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071104-mummy-tut.html?email=Inside05Nov07>
(Monday, 5 November 2007) National Geographic News

For a review of King Tut see the Wikipedia entries Tutankhamun and Howard Carter

Video Face of Tutankhamen revealed

Follow the links on these pages
And see pp. 389-395 of the text especially p. 393, Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed.

Questions:
1.	Why has King Tut fascinated virtually the whole world so much for all of these years?
2.	*In the final analysis, what will King Tut's greatest legacy be? That is, what is likely to be his most important* long-lasting contribution to the understanding of archaeology and ancient cultures?**
	Why?

From Anthropology in the News -- Texas A&M (11/6/07)

Tut Mummy on Public Display for First Time -- National Geographic News (11/4/07)

King Tut's Face Unveiled to World -- BBC News (11/4/07)
Egypt Unveils King Tut's Face to Public -- Los Angeles Times (11/4/07)
Tut Mummy on Public Display for First Time -- National Geographic News (11/4/07)
Tut Move Designed to Save Mummy -- National Geographic News (11/4/07)
Tut's Face Displayed for First Time -- National Geographic News (11/4/07)
King Tut Mummy on Display for First Time -- CNN (11/4/07)
King Tut Publicly Unwrapped -- ABC News (11/4/07)
Face of King Tut Unshrouded to Public -- LiveScience (11/4/07)
Tut’s Face Revealed to Public for First Time -- MSNBC (11/4/07)
Tutankhamun's Face Goes on Public Display in Tomb -- Reuters (11/4/07)
Tutankhamen's 'Smile' on View for the First Time -- New Scientist (11/5/07)
King Tut's Face: Buck-Toothed and Blackened -- Discovery (11/5/07)
Behind the Mask, the Face of King Tut Revealed -- Guardian (11/5/07)

Ancient World Mapping Center -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Ancient Egypt -- The British Museum
Civilisations -- BBC
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World -- Ross Scaife of the University of Kentucky and Suzanne Bonefas
Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World -- NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.com
Egypt: Exploring Ancient World Cultures -- U. of Evansville
Hatsheput: From Queen to Pharaoh -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War
Interactive Dig: Hierakonpolis -- ancient Egypt
Mut Precinct, Egypt -- Brooklyn Museum
Theban Mapping Project