When Mark Antony declaimed that “The evil that men do lives on after them/ The good is oft interred with their bones/ So let it be with Caesar”, he would not have anticipated that a CT-scan would be done in early 2005 AD on the body of someone who died in 1323 BC!

And not just anyone but the Pharaoh Tutankhamun (flippantly called King Tut), the discovery of whose tomb in 1922 made the archaeologist Carter universally famous and also spawned a genre of horror movies featuring the mummy.

The CT-scan was done at the site of the tomb in Egypt with the idea of not just trying to determine how exactly Tutankhamun had died but to also somewhat restore the body whose features had been damaged when Carter and his assistants forcibly pried open the golden-blue mask covering the face...

[More]  The Economic Times, India, January 11, 2005.

The treasures of King Tut will go on display in this country for the first time in a quarter-century in an exhibit featuring the ancient ruler's gold crown, carved dagger and a massive gold and cloisonné necklace.

"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaoh" will include about 130 of the 5,000 Egyptian artifacts found in King Tut's tomb. The last time a similar exhibit toured the country, in 1976-1979, 55 items were displayed...

[More]   AP via Skagit Valley Herald, Washington, USA, Jan 09, 2005.

The treasures of King Tut will go on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but visitors will have to pay a record price of up to $30 to see the Egyptian artifacts.

"Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaoh" will begin a U.S. tour June 16 in Los Angeles, before stopping in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Chicago...

[More]   The Mercury News, California, USA, Jan. 09, 2005.

cf. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA, December 2004.

cf. HE'S BACK!  The legendary Tutankhamun returns to U.S. in an expanded exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, December 2004.

cf. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

cf. King Tut exhibition. Tutankhamun & the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. Treasures from the Valley of the Kings.  Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago.

"President Hosni Mubarak will open within hours restorations projects of Kalabsha island temples and the unfinished obelisk museum during an upcoming visit to the Upper Egyptian antiques rich city, "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said here Saturday.

Egyptian archaeologists have succeeded in bringing life back to the site and preparing it as an open museum of Ancient Egyptian and Roman arts at a cost of 20 million pounds, he added.

The area contains four temples, he said, adding that one of the temples of Garf Hussein, built by King Ramses II was reassembled for the first time after it was rescued and removed by UNESCO-led international campaign in 1960s...

[More], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, January 09, 2005.