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Robot to explore Great Pyramid

Archaeologists will use a small robot to explore a shaft in the Great Pyramid of Giza that has remained sealed for four and a half millennia.
Did King Tut break his leg on a joy ride? His chariot now in New York.

The chariot is part of a King Tut exhibit in Times Square through January 2011. Archaeologists suspect that Tut had a chariot-related injury.
King Tut DNA testing sheds light on how he lived and died

The first successful DNA testing of Egyptian mummies -- including on that of King Tut -- sheds light on what caused the boy king's death, and what led to his problems in life.
Sowing the seeds of history

Some say my beans are from King Tut’s tomb.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.