King Tut's New Face

King Tut Mummy in Tomb (Egypt)
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The reconstruction of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's face is documented in the June 2005 issue of National Geographic magazine and in an upcoming National Geographic Channel special, King Tuts Final Secret, airing in the U.S. Sunday, May 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The silicone-skinned reconstruction of Tut's head will be part of the touring U.S. exhibit "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," opening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on June 16.

Read "King Tut" Treasure to Return to U.S. in 2005.
See artifacts from the exhibit.
—Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynhs; photograph by Kenneth Garrett; copyright; June 2005 National Geographic magazine
 

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