Swiss experts are helping restore the Osireion - one of the most important burial sites of ancient Egypt, which is crumbling away with time.

The 4,500-year-old Osireion was a place of pilgrimage for the ancient Egyptians, who went there to worship King Osiris — the father of pharaonic culture — who they believed was buried there...

[More]   SwissInfo, Switzerland, March 5, 2005.

Few visitors to the Giza plateau are aware that the pyramids, Egypt's Old Kingdom treasures and testaments to early pharaonic history, were almost dismantled about 170 years ago. It is hard to imagine that these ancient structures, the most popular tourist sights in Egypt, were nearly sacrificed as part of the plan to modernize that country. Yet, shocking as the idea now seems, Egypt's absolute ruler at the time seriously envisioned and nearly executed the project. To understand what transpired, and to place this story in historic context, one must return to early 19th-century Egypt...

[More]   Jean-Daniel Stanley, American Scientist, Volume 93, Number 2, March-April 2005, via HallOfMaat.

King Tutankhamun was not murdered and may have died of complications from a broken leg, say researchers who hope the pharaoh will now be left alone.

A CT scan on the Egyptian king's 3,300 year-old mummified body indicates that he may have suffered the fracture shortly before his death, aged 19.

Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said the research suggests the boy king died after the wound became infected.

Not all the team agree, but all now reject the long-standing murder charge...

[More]   BBC News, UK, 8 March, 2005.

Some pictures I haven't seen before with this one.

King Tutankhamun was not murdered, but may have suffered a bad broken leg shortly before his death at the age of about 19, a CT scan on the 3,300-year-old mummified body of the pharaoh has revealed.

The Egyptian-led research team, which included a Swiss and two Italian experts, examined 1,700 three-dimensional color images produced by a 15- minute CT scan taken two months ago. The results left no doubt.

"The team found no evidence for a blow to the back of the head, and no other indication of foul play," a statement released Tuesday by Zahi Hawass, chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said...

[More]   Discovery Channel News, USA, March 8, 2005.

There is also a 46 photo slideshow on Yahoo! News.

A three-dimensional X-ray scan of Tutankhamun's mummy has found no evidence for murder but has failed to identify any other agreed cause of death for the pharaoh, who died in 1352 BC at the age of about 19.

Some members of the investigative team say he may have died from an infected thigh wound, but others doubt this, according to the team's five-page report, released on Tuesday.

Some historians have speculated that the legendary ruler was killed, based on his young age and the turbulent political and religious circumstances at that period in Egyptian history.

"We don't know how the king died, but we are now sure that it was not murder. Maybe he died on his own," said Zahi Hawass, chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities...

[More]   Reuters, UK, Mar 8, 2005.

Also No Sign Tutankhamun Murdered But Mystery Unsolved, Reuters via Wired News, UK, March 08, 2005.

The results of a CT scan done on King Tut's mummy indicate the boy king was not murdered, but may have suffered a badly broken leg shortly before his death at age 19 — a wound that could have become infected, Egypt's top archaeologist said today.

Zahi Hawass, secretary general if the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the results of the CT scan about two months after it was performed on Tut's mummy.

Hawass said the remains of Tutankhamun, who ruled about 3,300 years ago, showed no signs that he had been murdered — dispelling a mystery that has long surrounded the pharaoh's death...

[More]   AP via Baltimore Sun, Maryland, USA, March 8, 2005.

Also Mystery solved: King Tut not murdered, AP via Globe and Mail, Canada, March 8, 2005.