The short film "Cleopatra", made in 1899 by pioneering director Georges Melies and thought lost to history, has been discovered in a secret storeroom in France, his descendants said.

Lasting just two minutes, the film was the 202nd of 520 made by Melies between 1896 and 1912 and is considered a groundbreaking classic in the early history of cinema...

'Lost' Melies film discovered in France, AFP via Yahoo! News, USA, September 21, 2005.

The tomb of Tutankhamun lay undisturbed in Upper Egypt’s Valley of the Kings through many centuries, from the end of the 18th Dynasty (BCE 1572-1315) to the twentieth century, when it was uncovered by the British excavator Howard Carter, under the patronage of the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon. When the Earl died unexpectedly within weeks after the discovery, stories spread quickly that an ancient curse had been unleashed as a consequence of disturbing the royal burial. The rumours grew extravagantly as time passed and more than twenty key persons connected to the discovery or its excavation died under untimely circumstances. The alleged curse, purportedly written near the entry to the tomb, that “death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh” was never documented, but it has persisted to this day. Ironically, belief in the existence and power of this mythical curse underscores a pervasive acknowledgement of Egypt’s magical legacy...

The Magic of Tutankhamun, The Llewellyn Journal, Minnesota, USA, September 26, 2005.

This is just one of many of these stories around at the moment to coincide with the upcoming Tutankhamun exhibition in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Similar stories were abound when the Tut exhibition hit Los Angeles earlier this year. The only new thing seems to be the picture of Tut with a tissue coming out of his nose?

Computer-generated portraits of Tutankhamun in an exhibit coming to the Museum of Art in December have sparked criticism and protests by black activists who say they depict the boy king as white.

Researchers hired by the National Geographic Society, one of the exhibit's sponsors, say current forensic data and recent CAT scans of his mummy were used to create the images...

Light-skinned Tut fuels the ire of activistSentins, scholars, Orlando Sentinel, Florida, USA, September 25.

The Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, at the State University of Stony Brook, will be exhibiting a rare and unique portrait sculpture of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, the highlight of their Egyptology event.

The yellow limestone head was previously owned by a renowned American collector, who purchased it prior to World War II. It remained in his private collection for well over sixty years, until his death...

Ancient Egyptian Evening, SouthBay News, New York, USA, September 28, 2005.