Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of the 18 dynasty who governed from 1333 BC to 1322 BC during the period of Egyptian history known as the new kingdom. His name meant living image of Amun. Tutankhamun became the king at the age of 8 years and remained the king for 11 years when he died at the age of 19 years. There is no agreement among radiologists and archaeologists about the cause of death The king's nearly intact tomb, discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, received worldwide press coverage and sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt for which Tutankhamun burial mask remains the popular face.
The splendor of Tutankhamun tomb are among the most travelled treasures in the world. The exhibition was shown in Great Britain, USA, USSR, Japan, France, Canada and West Germany from 1972 to 1979. More than 1.6 million people came at the British museum London where visitors waited up to 8 hours before the building opened to view the most popular exhibition. This sensational travelling exhibition toured 7 USA cities from 1976 to 1979 attracting approximately 8 million visitors. The splendors of the artifacts included 55 objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun consisting of the king solid gold funeral mask, a guilded wooden figure of the goddess Selket, lamps, jars, jewelery, furniture and other objects for the afterlife.
The face of king Tutankhamun is recently displayed in climate controlled case at his tomb in the valley of the kings, close to Luxor, 500 kilometers south of Cairo.

The anthropological and archeological evidences both indicates that the ruling dynasty of the kings helped the people of Egypt to make Nile valley the cradle of civilization(s) by making higher level of social complexity in the fields of agriculture, mathematics , medical institutions, surgery, barge transport, art work of ships, ceramic faiences , writing, architeture, commerce, culture and construction of ancient tallest pyramids during the years 3150 BC to 664 BC.
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