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The Cult of Tut

Thirty years after his blockbuster show, the Boy King returns to New York with a new exhibit. Bruce Feiler on how an Egyptian nobody became a global superstar. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

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He came to power at age 9. Under the wing of powerful handlers, he overturned the changes of his father’s regime and restored the state religion.

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