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Mummies Overtaking Zombies? Well, This Week Anyway

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

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As far as pop culture interest goes, it's hard to beat the massive zombie onslaught. However, mummies may be taking them over for at least this wee...

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PHOTOS: 7 Egyptian Tombs Open To Tourists

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2011

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CAIRO -- The tombs of seven men, including several who served King Tutankhamen and his father, the pharaoh Akhenaten, were opened to tourists on Monda...

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PHOTOS: Ancient Egyptian Tombs Open To Public

Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Archaelogy, New Kingdom Cemetery, King Tutankhamen, Egypt, Egyptian Artifacts, Luxor, King Tut, World News

CAIRO (AP) - The tombs of seven men, including several who served King Tutankhamen and his father, the pharaoh Akhenaten, were opened to tourists on M...

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'South Park', King Tut & Kobe: Highlights This Week

Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Photography, Civil War, South Park Art, Basketball, Ron English, Painting, King Tut, Sports, Video, Civil War Photography, Commercials, Kobe Bryant, Smart Car, Egypt, Egyptian Artifacts, Museums, Kobe, South Park, Arts News

It's been a wild ride on HuffPost Arts: from Kobe Bryant's smart car shenanigans to bizarre "South Park"-inspired art, from the greatest museums never...

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Stolen King Tut Artifacts Found

The Huffington Post | Melinda Brocka | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Tutankhamun, Artifacts, Cairo, King Tutankhamun, Egypt, Egyptian Artifacts, Egyptian Antiquities Minister, Antiquities, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Museum, Looted Antiquities, Egyptian Protests, Zahi Hawass, King Tut, Egyptian Revolution, Arts News

At a press conference on Tuesday, recently re-appointed Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass showed looted artifacts which had been recovered. Th...

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Chess Puzzles: King Tut in Studies

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week we present another variation of the "King Tut motif." Entombing the king in chess studies is usually done at the edge of the chessboard and often leads to spectacular stalemates. It can save draws in tournament games.

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Egyptian Museum Missing 18 Items After Unrest

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — A full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has found that looters escaped with 18 items during the anti-government unrest, including two gi...

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King Tut in Chess Puzzles

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Entombing the king became a popular theme among chess composers, until things got out of hand after some of them insisted on burying the king inside a sarcophagus of eight pawns. It invoked memories of King Tut and his tomb.

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King Tut Returns From World Tour to Lead Egypt Out of Crisis

Roy Rivenburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, King Tut, Tutankhamen, Egyptian Protest, Satirical, Cairo, Comedy, Parody, Comedy News

"If Jerry Brown can resume being governor of California after a 30-year absence, I can reclaim my throne after 3,350 years," the pharaoh said.

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Looters Damage Mummies, Artifacts In Cairo Museum

Posted 05.25.2011

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With the unrest in Egypt continuing over the weekend, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is now "under military guard" (AP) in response to an attempted loot...

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The King (Tut) Is in the Building!

Tracy Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver, King Tutankhamun, King Tut, Denver Art Museum, Biennial of the Americas, Denver News

What do you do when you discover royalty has just taken up residence in the neighborhood?

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Is King Tut's Penis Missing?

TIME | Allie Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, History, Penis, Stolen Penis, King Tut's Penis, Conspiracies, Hoax Penis, King Tut, World News, World News

Did someone sabotage the Egyptian king's mummy to hide his less-than endowed genitalia? A new report from The New Scientist presents the possibility o...

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King Tut's Stuff Comes to New York!

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Egypt-Archeology, King-Tut-Tomb-Fetuses, Disocovery Channel, King Tut, New York News

What do T. Rex and King Tut have in common? Besides the fact that they're both dead, I mean. They're the stuff that dreams are made of, and are belove...

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Flats: A Brief History (PHOTOS, POLL)

Tory Burch | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was only a matter of time before women opted for something simpler and safer than heels. By the 1800s, everyone was wearing soft, simple slippers that would look right on trend with today's ballet flat.

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The Week In Photos

Posted 05.25.2011

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This week saw New York overrun by elephants, visited by King Tut, and the scene of an anthrax hoax. ...

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PHOTOS: King Tut's Grand Entrance In NYC

Posted 05.25.2011

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Annubis crossed the river this morning, arriving at the South Street Seaport by barge. A 25-foot statue of the Egyptian jackal-headed god is part of a...

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Yale Professor Discovers King Tut Had Club Foot, Malaria

Yale Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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In addition to finding evidence that the legendary Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (better known as King Tut) died of malaria and suffered from a club fo...

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King Tut Died From Malaria, Broken Leg, Study Finds

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications ...

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King Tut's Tomb Set for 5 year renovation project

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Egypt's famous Tomb of Tutankhamun will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the lavish wall paintings in the underground ch...

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New Discovery Shows Slaves Didn't Build Pyramids, Egypt Says

AP | KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Egypt displayed on Monday newly discovered tombs more than 4,000 years old and said they belonged to people who worked on the Great Pyra...

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Egypt's Valley Of The Kings Tombs Could Disappear In 150 Years Due To Tourists

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The head of Egypt's antiquities has warned that a pharaoh's tombs could disappear in as little as 150 years due to damage by visitors, AFP reports. Z...

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King Tut Fetuses To Be Tested By Egypt (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Egyptian scientists will carry out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine their link to the young phara...

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Revealed: King Tut's Face Shown To Public For First Time

AP | ANNA JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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The face of King Tut was unshrouded in public for the first time on Sunday -- 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb an...

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