Tutenkhamun
Sep 14 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

After remaining hidden from the world for 3,000 years, the mummified face of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun has been revealed on Saturday. The skin is black and crackled with a leathery texture. The ‘buck teeth’, which is a family trait of Tut’s...

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