Photo: King Tut's Mummy to Be Displayed for 1st Time

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Egyptian officials have announced that they will put the mummy of King Tut on display in the pharaoh's tomb in Luxor next month. The mummy has been studied by scientists but has never been exhibited in public before.

Photograph by Brando Quilici, courtesy Zahi Hawass

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