
From the King Tutankhamun collection in Cairo (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
After I asked my Egyptology students in Beirut if they would prefer to enter King Tutankhamun’s “real” tomb in the Valley of the Kings, or a replica of his tomb (so as not to damage the original), we got into a spirited debate about authenticity and cultural heritage preservation. To read more about the facsimile being made of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, please click
here.