King Tut's mummy was removed from its sarcophagus on Sunday and moved to a humidity-controlled display case.A sheet was briefly pulled back to reveal the badly deteriorated body of the boy king. His face and legs remain the only well-preserved parts of the body.Archaeologists said the mummy would have been completely deteriorated in just a few decades if it hadn't been moved to a climate-controlled environment.King Tut died at the age of 19 nearly 3,300 years ago. His body was mummified and buried.His mummy was discovered in 1922 by a British archaeologist.Besides a handful of archaeologists, no one has ever seen the mummified face of King Tut.Tourists to Tut's tomb will now be able to see the pharaoh.
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