Luxor, Egypt (AP) - The face of King Tut was unshrouded in public for the first time on Sunday—85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings.

Archeologists removed the mummy from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb, momentarily pulling aside a white linen covering to reveal a shriveled leathery black face and body. The mummy of the 19- year-old pharaoh, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was placed in a climate-controlled glass box in the tomb, with only the face and feet showing under the linen covering.

The mystery surrounding King Tutankhamun and his glittering gold tomb has entranced ancient Egypt fans since Carter first discovered the hidden tomb on Nov. 4, 1922, revealing a trove of fabulous gold and precious stone treasures.

In an effort to try to solve the mysteries, scientists removed Tut's mummy from his tomb and placed it into a portable CT scanner for 15 minutes in 2005 to obtain a three-dimensional image. The scans were the first done on an Egyptian mummy.

The CT scan also provided the most revealing insight yet into the life of ancient Egypt's most famous king. He was well-fed, healthy, yet slightly built, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches tall at the time of his death.
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Upon reading this story today and looking into the face of Tut, I felt that really I shouldn't be. He wanted to be buried in a Russian doll type series of caskets, sarcophagus and left for all eternity.

Until today only 50 humans had ever seen his face (50 too many) and now the world can.... if you pay the right price. I don't think it's right.

Photos of his face have been circulating since the 1930s
but they used to be much less ravaged

I know the photos have been around, but 50 people in the flesh have seen him... now anyone can. I don't think this is what he would have wanted, being on display in a museum.

Here's a short video of King Tut...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9c4_1194195924&p=1

King Tut got papped - all those photographers

He looks ugly too me. Although, he is a mummy, so what can you do? I mean, even for a mummy... he looks like a squirrel. I hope someday they can confirm 100% how he died. I think the leg disease is quite believable...

you need to keep up with the latest research. they now have him falling off his chariot while hunting and breaking his leg quite badly. Leg gets infected and he dies from blood poisoning

Well at least he doesn't look like a stuffed action man like Lenin. Lenin's body is still on display in Red Square, right?

I cant see nothing wrong with Tut going on display, the memory of him continues,..so he got his wish, eternity and all that,

Did anyone else notice the resemblance??

I'll admit that there is that side to it - he is the most famous pharaoh by far and the treasure that was revealed to us, well there's nothing in the world that can compare.

But I still don't think he'd have wanted to be hacked up and put on display... oh yeah, and then there's this, the world knowing about his penis being lost!

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/05/03/tutpnis_arc.html

Hi Reg...I never knew he lost his penis too...Thanks for the link...I'm glad that they found his manly organ....