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	Tutankhamen's "beautiful" face revealed

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11-8-2007 5:53 AM

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egypt, tutankhamen, pharos, howard carter, mummy

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5e2f62be-e0ac-40a8-90ba-bf8916781635/86FBC436-6C2F-4B0C-B854-A9791385A48E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smh.com.au/img/FFA7EE96-22D6-47C5-A252-D2F512D42244" alt="Revealed ... the face of Pharaoh Tutankhamun." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html"><P>The true face of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamen was
revealed to the public for the first time on Sunday since he died
in mysterious circumstances more than 3000 years ago.</p> <P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html">The mummy was moved from its ornate sarcophagus in the tomb
where its 1922 discovery caused an international sensation to a
nearby climate-controlled case where experts say it will be better
preserved.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html">Made pharaoh at the age of nine, Tutankhamen became famous with
the discovery of his tomb and the treasures within by Briton Howard
Carter.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html">The mummy had to be reconstructed after Carter cut it into 18
pieces to gain access to amulets and other jewellery, Mustafa
Wazery, director of the Valley of the Kings, said.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html">"What you will see is a beautiful face," Wazery told journalists
ahead of the mummy's displacement. "He's a good-looking boy, with a
nice smile and buck teeth."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/beautiful-tutankhamen-revealed/2007/11/05/1194117906049.html">Egyptian, Swiss and Italian experts have
deduced Tutankhamen died after an injury to his left leg led
to rapid gangrene,</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/86FBC436-6C2F-4B0C-B854-A9791385A48E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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