Mummies From Around the World

Mummy Mummies preserved bodies
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King Tut
Egyptologist Howard Carter uncovered what was to be the most exciting archaeological excavation of the century: the almost intact tomb of Tutankhamun. The splendors of the boy king's tomb are among the most traveled artifacts in the world.

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