National Geographic - USA (2022-01)

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OTHER EGYPTIAN

ROYALS ARE

KNOWN TO HAVE

BEEN BURIED IN

THE SAME VALLEY

AS KING TUT, BUT

THEIR TOMBS

AWAIT DISCOVERY.

The boyish face

of King Tutankhamun

greets visitors at the

Egyptian Museum,

in Cairo. This life-size

model, which may

have served as a

mannequin to display

royal robes or jewelry,

is one of more than

5,000 treasures from

the young pharaoh’s

tomb that are being

restored and prepared

for display at the

new Grand Egyptian

Museum, planned to

open in late 2022.

An international team

of scholars at the

museum’s conservation

laboratory is restoring

a steady stream of

artifacts from across

the country.

Cairo, Egypt PHOTOGRAPH BY PAOLO VERZONE