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Topping the Academy's list as Game of the Year, was the Sims from Electronic Art. The game, which has no violence or sex, lets computer users 1)manipulate little cyberpeople, almost like they're in a
French archaeologist Alain Zivie is about to make an exciting discovery. Zivie's team has found tombs belonging to Egypt's rich and famous and they've just uncovered another one. There was sound and with I had a small lamp with me and I saw the, the
Once in a while a fabulous opportunity comes along, an opportunity to experience something excellent and unusual, a wonder of the world, perhaps. I had just this kind of opportunity in Seattle this month. The Pacific Science Center has the collection
King Tut's Tough Life New analysis of the mummy of King Tut, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the boy king had severe bone disease and malaria. Christopher Intagliata reports The Journal of the American Medical
By Challiss McDonough Luxor, Egypt 04 November 2007 The face of the ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun has been shown to the public for the first time since his tomb was discovered 85 years ago. King Tut's mummy has been moved into a special display c
By Jessica Berman Washington 28 December 2006 Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun probably died of an infection caused by a broken leg and not a blow to the head as commonly believed. The finding was reached by an international team ofscientists that perfo
Exhibit Could Be King Tut's Last Tour, For a While As Egypt goes through fundamental political change, people fascinated by the country's ancient civilization worry that a new government might restrict loans to museums overseas. Among the most succes
Right after Howard Carters discovery of the tomb, scary stories started to be told. Stories about curses. Over the entrances of many ancient Egyptian tombs were warnings in hieroglyphs. People better stay away, the warnings said. Because anybody who
King Tut was lucky. Until Howard Carter entered his burial chamber, his mummy had never been disturbed. For more than three thousand years, no one had laid eyes on it. In the Burial Chamber, the first thing Carter saw was a gigantic gold cabinet. Ins
When the stone door was opened, what lay beyond was a path full of rocks and pebbles. At the end was another door. Howard Carter knocked a hole in it. When he looked through, he held up a flickering candle in the darkness. What did he see? Here is ho
In June of 2005, pharaoh fever struck California. In just one month, half a million people streamed into the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They wanted to see the dazzling jewelry and household items that once belonged to a king of Egypt. For hour
When Tut was born, around 1343 B.C., Egypt was already a very old country. Almost two thousand years old, in fact. The Egyptian empire lay on the coast of Northern Africa, facing the Mediterranean Sea. It was a land of desert and bare hills, where th
Still, growing up in ancient Egypt was full of pleasures. Especially if somebody belonged to the royal famly. Tut was born a prince. He spent his childhood in a brand-new palace in Amarna. Egyptian palaces were huge. All over the palace grounds were
During Amenhoteps sixteen-year-long rule, the empire did not run smoothly. The lands under Egypts control had to pay tribute. This meant that every year they had to send riches to the pharaoh. For instance, from Nubia in the south came gold. Lebanon
Of course, Tut had no way of knowing that he would die young. Nevertheless, hed already started planning his tomb before his death. Why? The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife. Life after death was very much like life on Earth. In fact, it wa
Food and furniture, clothes and jewelry. They would all be used and enjoyed in the afterlife. But the most important thing a person needed after death was his or her own body. The belief was that the persons spirit returned again and again to its bod
On the day of Tuts burial, a long line of people followed his coffin in boats across the Nile. Once on land, the coffin (actually, there were three, like nesting dolls) was pulled on a sled. It was going to a royal graveyard. This dusty, lonely area
Ancient robbers were not the only ones who looted tombs in Egypt. In the 1800s, people from many different countries in Europe began traveling to Egypt. The ancient kingdom was long gone. The old beliefs had all disappeared. The squiggly picture writ
Howard Carter was born in England in 1874. He was the son of an artist who made paintings of animals. Carter first went to Egypt when he was only seventeen years old. He was part of a group exploring Amenhoteps city of Amarna. He drew pictures of the
Of all the pharaohs who ruled Egypt, Tuts father had to be among the strangest. First of all, there was the way he looked. Amenhoteps head was oddly shaped. It was very long and narrow. And his hips were very large for a man. Was a rare disease the c