Digital reconstruction of King Tut’s skull.
Digital reconstruction of King Tut's skull. Renowned Western researcher Andrew Nelson studies bioarcheology, in part, because it allows him to understand how people lived thousands of years ago. And while he has traveled the world investigating ancient mummies, his latest adventure with King Tut is one for the ages. "The best way to know about people of the past is to study mummies, skeletons, and burial artifacts. Working on a mummy tells us what an individual was like as a person," said Nelson, chair and professor of anthropology. This week - marking the centennial of Howard Carter's opening of King Tutankhamun's tomb - American national public broadcaster PBS aired a two-part documentary titled Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies , and Nelson is a featured player. "I've worked with a lot of mummies, in Peru, Egypt and elsewhere and each one is special.
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