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Learn all about the Boy King in Heritage Key's special video series! Famous Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass tells us about the life and death of King Tut:

VIDEO How did King Tut Die?
VIDEO The Curse of the Mummy
VIDEO The Robbing of King Tut's Tomb
VIDEO Tutankhamun's Treasures

Director of the Cairo Museum Janice Kamrin takes us on a guided tour:

VIDEO The Canopic Jars and Shrines
VIDEO Animal Iconography
VIDEO Tutankhamun's Jewellery
VIDEO The Funerary Figures

You can also watch Lord and Lady Carnarvon explaining the discovery of King Tut's tomb (KV62) by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.

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The Curse of King Tut - A Video Guide to Avoiding it

Tutankhamun's Burial Treasures: Animal Iconography

Discovering Tut - Carter & Carnarvon: The duo that Unlocked the Tomb of Tutankhamun

"Wonderous things"

Explore King Tutankhamun's tomb in the digital, online Valley of the Kings. Zoom-in and get up-close to some of the most amazing artefacts ever found. Wander the banks of Nile and enjoy a feeling of life in ancient times. The details and realism will astound you.

Howard Carter - Great Discoverer

Howard Carter - Great Discoverer

Egypt And The Era of Discovery

Egypt And The Era of Discovery

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Get Real About Advertising Fakes ASA Tells Semmel Concerts King Tut Tour

Get Real About Advertising Fakes ASA Tells Semmel Concerts King Tut Tour

Royal Artefacts - Including King Tut's Golden Trumpet - Returned to Egyptian Museum Cairo

Royal Artefacts - Including King Tut's Golden Trumpet - Returned to Egyptian Museum Cairo

Get Real About Advertising Fakes ASA Tells Semmel Concerts King Tut Tour

Semmel had to pull misleading TV ads for King Tut "Experience"

Royal Artefacts - Including King Tut's Golden Trumpet - Returned to Egyptian Museum Cairo

Four ancient Egyptian artefacts belonging to Tutankhamun, and missing from the Cairo Museum since the January Revolution have been returned, announced Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, in a statement to the press.

SCA releases full list of treasures missing from the Cairo Museum

A month and a half after the Cairo Museum break-in, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has posted online a listing of sixty-three objects that were found to be missing following the looting.

King Tut treasures missing after Cairo Museum break-in

An inventory check at the Cairo Museum, Egypt - two weeks after the protests at the capital lead to a break-in at the national museum - shows that not all of ancient Egyptian treasures are accounted for.

Egyptian Museum Cairo: Royal mummies unharmed & King Tut's treasures to be restored

During a short inspection tour of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Antiquities, has announced that the restoration of seventy objects, damaged during the…

New lighting system at Valley of the Kings means longer visitor hours for ancient Egyptian tombs

Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, announced that – with a total of 922 units – the installation of the new lighting system on Luxor’s west bank has been completed,…

Video: Replica King Tut Treasures offer Real Discovery at Manchester Exhibition

Ancient Egypt expert Robert Partridge talks about the value of 'replica treasures', and gives you a preview of the 'Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures' exhibition.

SCA releases full list of treasures missing from the Cairo Museum

King Tut treasures missing after Cairo Museum break-in

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Treasures of King Tut - Tutankhamun's Jewellery and the Love of a Queen

Treasures of King Tut - Tutankhamun's Jewellery and the Love of a Queen

Chiqua Penn Parades King Tut Throne and Other Treasures

Chiqua Penn Parades King Tut Throne and Other Treasures

Treasures of King Tut - Tutankhamun's Jewellery and the Love of a Queen

The third instalment of our video series King Tut Revealed sees Dr Zahi Hawass discuss his favourites among the golden treasures of KV62, from the death mask to the 104 items of jewellery found stuffed inside the boy king's mummy.

Chiqua Penn Parades King Tut Throne and Other Treasures

As King Tut's burial artefacts travel the States for a number of high-profile exhibitions, North Carolina's Chinqua Penn Plantation showcases its own special collection of replica Tutankhamun treasures.

Egyptomania! Why the World Went Mummy-mental and King Tut-Crazy

From mummimaniacs to Tutaholics, how the Western world was gripped by Egyptomania.

Tutankhamun's Funeral - A New King Tut Exhibition at New York's Met

Funerary storage jars which led to the discovery of King Tut's tomb are on display at New York's Met.

Perfume box, gold and silver inlaid

This gold perfume box set on a silver pedestal has two compartments shaped like cartouches with plumes for lids. The front bears an inlaid image of the King as the young…

Egypt's Gold Crush

Most people like gold. But the ancient Egyptians had a particular fascination with this precious, but relatively plentiful, metal, and it was a passion they were willing to fight for.

The Life And Times Of King Tut

One of the most recognised characters in ancient history, Tutankhamun seems to have captured popular imagination, and left a legacy of riches and mysteries. But who was the boy king known as Tut?

The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Will be a King Tut Treasure Trove

Giza's Grand Egyptian Museum, due to open in 2013, is one of the world's most adventurous architectural projects - not to mention potentially the most comprehensive chronicle of ancient Egypt.

Egyptomania! Why the World Went Mummy-mental and King Tut-Crazy

Tutankhamun's Funeral - A New King Tut Exhibition at New York's Met

Perfume box, gold and silver inlaid

Egypt's Gold Crush

The Life And Times Of King Tut

The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Will be a King Tut Treasure Trove

Zoom in and get close-up to the ancient world of King Tut

Polygamy, Incest and Weird Romance: A Guide to Royal Matches in Ancient Egypt

Get clued up here and then test your knowledge in King Tut Virtual's new game, Royal Match

Seeing King Tut: Tutankhamun Virtual Experienes, Sites, Artefacts and Exhibitions Around the World

Has King Tut Virtual whet your appetite for visiting Tutankhamun in the (desiccated) flesh? Then check out this handy guide to finding sites, artefacts and replicas relevant to the boy king - plus Tut himself - around the world.

The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Will be a King Tut Treasure Trove

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Seeing King Tut: Tutankhamun Virtual Experienes, Sites, Artefacts and Exhibitions Around the World

Has King Tut Virtual whet your appetite for visiting Tutankhamun in the (desiccated) flesh? Then check out this handy guide to finding sites, artefacts and replicas relevant to the boy king - plus Tut himself - around the world.

The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Will be a King Tut Treasure Trove

Giza's Grand Egyptian Museum, due to open in 2013, is one of the world's most adventurous architectural projects - not to mention potentially the most comprehensive chronicle of ancient Egypt.

Seeing King Tut: Tutankhamun Virtual Experienes, Sites, Artefacts and Exhibitions Around the World

Has King Tut Virtual whet your appetite for visiting Tutankhamun in the (desiccated) flesh? Then check out this handy guide to finding sites, artefacts and replicas relevant to the boy king - plus Tut himself - around the world.

Seeing King Tut: Tutankhamun Virtual Experienes, Sites, Artefacts and Exhibitions Around the World

Servants In the Place of Truth: Who Built the Tombs in the Valley of the Kings?

We know lots about the kings and nobles for whom the tombs in the Valley of the Kings were built. But who actually did the labour? Where did they live? And what became of them?

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Very interesting article, would be intersting f the crater was discovered and some newgemstones becasue of this and we could create more interesting jewellery items

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