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The mummy of Tut-Ankh-Amen is that of a boy king, who died at an age of probably not more than 16. This information came at the end of a strenuous day’s work by the archeologists, during which jewels and treasures were revealed in such quantities that even Howard Carter and the other experts grew surfeited at the sight of them. … “No living man ever dreamed of such a find as this,” declared one of the spectators to me at the close of the day’s work. And there is more to come."},{"_id":"ELUEABKZCNEURG4Q3Q6IWUVN44","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"I’m a card-carrying member of the Leave Mummies and Other Human Stuff in the Ground Alone party. One day you’re dead, minding your own business, and the next you’re being gawked at in your grave skivvies? Rude. 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