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NEWS ABOUT: Luxor

Luxor stories: 1 news summaries

 DNA Tests Set
 for Baby Girls
 in King Tut's Tomb

Was mummy a daddy?

Aug 7, 08 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 3,000-year-old mummified remains of two stillborn baby girls found in King Tutankhamun's tomb will undergo DNA testing to dermine their relationship to Egypt's famous boy king and Queen Nefertiti. The babies' remains were discovered in Tut's tomb in 1922 but never publicly displayed, reports the BBC. More »

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Tutankhamun • ancient Egypt • Supreme Council of Antiquities • Nefertiti • Ankhesenamun • Cairo School of Medicine • Luxor • Zahi Hawass • Howard Carter

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