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This is beyond King Tut,

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the immersive experience.

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I'm Michelle Logan here at the

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National Geographic Museum for

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an inside look at the cinematic

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journey into one of the greatest

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archaeological discoveries of all time.

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The exhibit is open in Washington

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DC through February 2023.

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It explores the life and afterlife

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of the mysterious historical figure

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who ruled Egypt from age 9 to 19,

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Tutankhamun better known

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as King Tut. What we

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really want is for people to be able

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to be immersed in ancient Egypt and to

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really become more curious about modern

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Egypt and the lessons that the discovery

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of Tutankhamun's tomb can teach us.

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One of the goals of this exhibit

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is to separate fact from fiction.

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There have been so much speculation about

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Tutankhamun King Tai is this legendary ruler.

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It's easy to forget that he was just

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a kid when he became king. He was.

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He was the last in this long line

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of Pharaohs and the 18th dynasty.

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His father died when he was nine years old,

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so he was thrust into this powerful position.

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It's just a boy and then mysteriously died

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at age 19. So very short period of time.

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Pretty minor pharaoh.

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His name may have been lost to history if

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this discovery in 1922 hadn't been made.

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That discovery of King Tut's tomb was made

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100 years ago in the valley of the Kings.

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Most of the tombs there had

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been found and looted, but

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this one was still intact and filled

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with more than 5000 artifacts.

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British archaeologist Howard Carter

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made headlines around the world for

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discovering the best preserved tomb ever

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found in this Egyptian valley. What

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we know about Tutankhamun is all. Informed by

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what we've found in the tomb, the artifacts

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that he would have needed in the

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afterlife were all buried with him.

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So Chariots and underwear

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and goblet and shabtis,

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who were designed to come to life

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in the afterlife and help him.

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Each one of the items in this time

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capsule helps us know a little bit more

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about who this historic figure was,

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and there is such a big focus on

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immortality and what can you do to

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build this incredible afterlife.

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Right, we think that a lot of

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the life of an ancient Egyptians

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was preparing for the afterlife.

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Step inside the legendary tomb, recreated

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using immersive technology.

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The walls come alive as you learn how

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the Pharaoh would have prepared for

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the afterlife and all the characters,

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all the gods, and all of the

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narrative that comes to life around

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around this magical experience.

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The exhibit separates the myths from

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the facts surrounding his death.

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I think most serious scholars believe

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that he died of natural causes as he

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was not a healthy human being he was.

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Married to his half-sister,

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we're pretty sure he had malaria,

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which was obviously not

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curable in ancient times.

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And then we come to this fantastic

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interpretation of the afterlife.

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That's right, this big immersive

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room is actually a 20 minute story

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of what Tutankhamun's journey into

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the afterlife would have been like,

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and it's a theatrical interpretation

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of historical funerary texts

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called the Book of The Dead.

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The Egyptians believed that.

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The God of the sun.

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Raw when the sun set every night

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went into the underworld and

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fought all sorts of battles in

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order to rise the next morning and

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bring light to the world again.

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And the Egyptians believed that the pharaoh,

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when he died,

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had to go through a similar

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journey to get to immortality.

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Beyond King Tut takes you on a

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cinematic journey into ancient Egypt

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and lets you get to know the leader

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who will forever be enshrined in the

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mystery of this fascinating discovery

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for W USA Nine I'm Michelle Logan.