Tutankhamun stares at us through the millennia after scientists rebuilt his face, revealing a pharaoh that looks like more like a ‘young student’ than a king.
His features were brought to life by an international team of academics from Brazil, Australia and Italy using a digital model of his mummified skull.
The reconstruction reveals the youthful and ‘delicate’ visage of a king who was still a teenager when he died more than three thousand years ago.
Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, who co-authored the new study, said: ‘To me he looks like a young man with a delicate face.
‘Looking at him, we see more of a young student than a politician full of responsibilities, which makes the historical figure even more interesting.’
The famous ‘boy king’ was discovered along with dozens of incredible treasures by British archaeologist Howard Carter in November 1922 in Egypt’s Valley of Kings.
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