King Tut Exhibit begins June 2005

King Tut, King Tutankhamen (1341 B.C. – c. 1323 B.C.)
Ancient ruler of Egypt, whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Tut ruled for nine years and was called The Boy King, ruling from age nine through about eighteen, when he died.

National Geographic has a nice King Tut site in anticipation of the new Tut exhibition opening in the US in June, 2005. (Seen here.)

National Geographic was on hand in 1922 to cover the extraordinary discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, and we’ve documented many amazing discoveries in Egyptology since. Join us once again as the National Geographic Society introduces you to exciting revelations about Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and invites you to visit the dazzling exhibition of King Tut’s ancient tomb treasures, returning to the U.S. for the first time in 26 years.

A specific site on the exhibition exists at www.kingtut.org.

More Tutankhamun

• National Geographic’s At the Tomb of Tutankhamen.
• Tour Egypt’s Feature Story on Tutankhamun by Jimmy Dunn.
• Answers.com King Tut article.
• Wikipedia’s Tutankhamun page.
• BBC History’s Tutankhamun site.
• Eyptology Online’s Tutankhamun page.
• BBC article Face of Tutankhamun reconstructed.
• Wired article Putting a Face on King Tut.