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The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut’s Mummy

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More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun’s desiccated body used to be lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut’s mummy used to be unexpectedly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had found out the boy-king’s tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy’s story—even more dramatic than King Tut’s life—started.

The mummy’s “afterlife” is a modern story, not an ancient one. Award-winning science creator Jo Marchant traces the mummy’s story from its first brutal autopsy in 1925 to the most contemporary arguments over its DNA. From the glamorous treasure hunts of the 1920s to today’s high-tech scans in volatile modern Egypt, Marchant introduces us to the brilliant and every now and then incorrect people who have devoted their lives to revealing the mummy’s secrets, unravels the truth at the back of the hyped-up TV documentaries, and explains what science can and can’t let us know about King Tutankhamun.

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