King Tut's New Face

King Tut Mummy in Tomb (Egypt)
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National Geographic also gave Tutankhamun's CT data to a U.S. forensic team, who were to work "blind"—not knowing who the subject was. Their findings validated the French team's conclusions. And their plaster cast, pictured here, turned out remarkably similar to the silicone-skinned bust.

Read the story about the reconstruction.
—Photograph from Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, and National Geographic Society, 2005
 

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