EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN

The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun, known as the 'Child Pharaoh' remains empty in its burial chamber after the mummy was placed in a glass urn designed to protect the remains of the ancient king from humidity and other contamination brought by a constant flow of over 350 visitors a day in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kms south of Cairo 04 November 2007. Temperature will be controlled to 25 centigrade and humidity maintained around 35 percent. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne at nine years old and died at about eighteen years of age. This is the first time his uncovered face will be presented to the public 30 centuries after his death. The tomb was discovered by British collector Lord George Carnarvon and archaeologist Howard Carter 04 November 1922. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE (Photo by Cris BOURONCLE / AFP) (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images)