30 Oct 2005
The Search for Tutankhamun
Howard Carter hunts for the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.
The True Story of King Tut's Tomb
Almost 100 years after the discovery of King's Tut's Tomb, it is time to tell the story in a new light. Using 2D and 3D imagery to reconstruct the tomb, the mummy, the funerary objects and the topography of the famous valley of the Kings.
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