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In this Nov. 5 file photo, tourists look at the tomb of King Tut as it is displayed in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. On Nov. 28, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said there is a 90 percent chance that hidden chambers will be found within King Tutankhamun's tomb, based on the preliminary results of a new exploration of the 3,300-year-old mausoleum. (AP/Amr Nabil) (AP/Amr Nabil)
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span class="caption">In this Nov. 5 file photo, tourists look at the tomb of King Tut as it is displayed in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. On Nov. 28, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said there is a 90 percent chance that hidden chambers will be found within King Tutankhamun's tomb, based on the preliminary results of a new exploration of the 3,300-year-old mausoleum. (AP/Amr Nabil)
Egypt's antiquities minister has opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun's wet nurse to the public for the first time since it was discovered in 1996.
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said Sunday the tomb included scenes of the wet nurse, Maya, nursing the young King Tut.
French archaeologist Alain Zivie found the tomb in Saqqara, a necropolis 21 kilometers (13 miles) south of Cairo. Saqqara was the burial site for courtiers and high-ranking officials of ancient Egypt's New Kingdom, which prevailed over three thousand years ago.
Most of the pharaohs, Tutankhamen included, were buried in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, about 480 kilometers (300 miles) south of Cairo.
British archaeologist Howard Carter found the riches-filled tomb of the boy king Tut in 1922, sparking a worldwide craze for Egyptology. (kes)(+)
