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Every time I go to the Egyptian Museum with visitors or a film crew, I always love to take them up to the room of Tutankhamun's treasures and show them the boy king's golden mask. This beautiful treasure, which was unfortunately cut from the face of Tutankhamun with hot knives, is one of the most beautiful and stirring images of ancient Egypt. I have worked so much with Tutankhamun and his family over the past several years and we continue to look for the tomb of his wife, Ankhesenamun, in the Valley of the Kings. In addition to the search for her tomb, we are working on a full-scale, exact replica of Tutankhamun's tomb, which will hopefully be installed soon next to Howard Carter's rest house in Luxor. Tut's replica tomb will be the first in a new "replica valley" that will include the tombs of Seti I and Nefertari, which have long been closed off to the public. (Photo: Meghan E. Strong)