CT Scans Show What King Tut Looked Like

[shawmut]

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

CAIRO, Egypt - The first ever facial reconstructions based on CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy have produced images strikingly similar to the boy pharaoh's ancient portraits, Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday.
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One of the models shows a baby-faced young man with chubby cheeks and a round chin — with a resemblance to the famous gold mask of King Tut found in his tomb in 1922 by British excavation Howard Carter.

Three teams of forensic artists and scientists — from France, the United States and Egypt — built models of the boy pharaoh's face based on some 1,700 high-resolution photos from CT scans of his mummy to reveal what he looked like the day he died nearly 3,300 years ago.

"The shape of the face and skull are remarkably similar to a famous image of Tutankhamun as a child where he was shown as the sun god at dawn rising from a lotus blossom," said Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.




A picture distributed Tuesday, May 10, 2005 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a CT-based reconstruction image of the mummy of Tutankhamun. Three teams from France, the United States and Egypt, using a high-tech forensic investigation to reconstruct King Tut's face and head revealed what he looked like on the day he died, said Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquty. (AP Photo/EGYPT'S SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES/ HO)



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050510/ap_on_sc/king_tut

[matcom]

1. she's HOT!!

[brainshrub]

2. OMG! The CT Scans show that Tut is still alive!

Call the Schindlers! Look at the CT Scan... Tut is alive!



If someone would just give him a feeding tube and a glass of water, he'd be fine.

[crispini]

3. Cool!

thanks for posting!

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. Yes---cool

amazing really

[underpants]

4. Seperated at birth?

http://www.wunderkinder.org/archives/capt.nyr10809301601.theater_boy_george_nyr108.jpe

[ronnykmarshall]

5. The mummy's got me baby!

The mummy's got me baby!

[myrna minx]

6. Oh wow. This is really interesting.

:hi: There has been so much information coming to light as of late that I might have to resubscribe to KMT.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. We know how King Tut looked like since almost 40 years ago.

[shawmut]

9. pic - update

A model of King Tutankhamun made by a French team. Three teams of forensic artists and scientists from France, the United States and Egypt built models of the boy pharaoh's face based on some 1,700 high-resolution photos from CT scans of his mummy to reveal what he looked like the day he died nearly 3,300 years ago.
(© Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt and National Geographic Society, 2005)




http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-051005tut_lat,0,2052285.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Bunny]

10. Is it me, or is the top of his head awfully flat?

:shrug: