Egypt Puts King Tut on Public Display

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[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]LUXOR, Egypt (AP) - King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public - more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Archeologists carefully lifted thae fragile mummy out of a quartz sarcophagus decorated with stone-carved protective goddesses, momentarily pulling aside a beige covering to reveal a leathery black body.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]The linen was then replaced over Tut's narrow body so only his face and tiny feet were exposed, and the 19-year-old king, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was moved to a simple glass climate-controlled case to keep it from turning to dust.[/FONT]


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