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Judi Lynn

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Wed Nov 15, 2017, 08:52 PM Nov 2017

Egypt displays previously unseen King Tut artifacts [View all]


Samy Magdy, Associated Press
 Updated 2:43 pm, Wednesday, November 15, 2017




CAIRO (AP) — Egypt opened an exhibition on Wednesday to display previously unseen treasures from King Tutankhamun's famed tomb.

At least 55 pieces of fabric decorated with gold that were found in the tomb of the pharaoh, better known as King Tut, will be exhibited in public for the first time since its discovery in 1922, said German conservator Christian Eckmann.

He said the pieces had been kept in storage at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for some 95 years, without being restored or scientifically examined.
 
He said the artifacts attest to the network of social and cultural connections which have characterized the eastern Mediterranean going back to antiquity.

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