Egypt's Treasure Guardians

Here we're entering now the restricted area. -

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All the artifacts that will one day be displayed in the Grand Egyptian Museum are kept preserved and restored here, in climate-controlled conditions, by over 150 dedicated scientists, who work in 17 state-of-the-art restoration labs. And it is here that the hidden treasures of Tutankhamun are kept safe. All of these fantastic objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun have never been on display before. -

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Tutankhamun came to the throne at age nine, and died unexpectedly 10 years later. He was hurriedly buried in a tomb likely built for someone else. It was later covered over by the rubble dug out of a neighboring tomb, hiding it from robbers. Undetected for thousands of years, it was never looted. (ominous Middle Eastern music) It's the best preserved tomb ever uncovered in Egypt. This is really amazing. These sandals of King Tutankhamun, that has been in the tomb for more than three and a half thousand years, and we can still clearly see the fabric and the structure of the material. -

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Equally well-preserved is one of the 35 model boats found within the tomb. So intricately made that they can tell us how ancient Egyptian sailing worked. Nestled amongst all these treasures is a touching reminder of the humanity of the 19-year-old boy king. The mummified fetuses of two of his children. This is a very tragic part of the life of King Tutankhamun. We found in his tomb two baby girls that died before birth, and they were buried inside the tomb of their father. -

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They probably died due to the congenital defects of interbreeding within the Pharoah's family.