CAIRO.- The Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed to tourists due to the deterioration that is caused. In this image: A Tutankhamun mask is on display in the exhibition rooms of the Event Arena at Olympiapark in Munich. EPA/PETER KNEFFEL.

CAIRO.- Workmen remove an object from the tomb of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, Feb. 1923. AP Photo.

CAIRO.- This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamuns tomb, examining King Tuts sarcophagus. Egypts famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy. AP Photo/File.

CAIRO.- Dutch Egyptologist Maarten Raven, Curator of the Egyptian Dept. of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities points to a scene skilled workers in the Tomb of Meryneith, a steward of the Aten temple of Pharoah Akhenaten a the Saqqara necropolis, 60 kms south of Cairo Wednesday 21 February 2007. Meryneith later became a high priest under Pharoah Tutankhamun (18th Dynasty, 3,350 years ago and his tomb reliefs reflex several distinct styles of paintings and relief. The tomb escavated and enclosed during a three year period will eventually be opened to the public and will highlite the influence of Pharoah Akhenatens reign in Lower Egypt. EPA/MIKE NELSON.

CAIRO.- The feet of the Boy Pharaoh King Tutankhamun protrudes from the linen covering his mummy after it was placed in a special climatized glass case inside his tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt 04 November 2007. The famous 18th Dynasty mummy and treasures of King Tutankhamun were discovered by Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922 and after much study his mummy was placed back in his sarcophagus. However, with 5,000 tourists visiting the tomb every day there was fear that the delicate mummy would deteriorate even further because of the increased humidity due to the visitors. EPA EPA/MIKE NELSON.

CAIRO.- The golden sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutankhamun is briefly exhibited without its protective cover after the 3,300 year old mummy of the boy king was taken out of its sarcophagus and displayed to the public for the first time in a special climatized glass case in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt 04 November 2007. The famous 18th Dynasty mummy and treasures of King Tutankhamun were discovered by Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922. EPA EPA/MIKE NELSON.

CAIRO.- Dr. Zahi Hawas (2-R), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities looks at the 3,300 year old mummy of the Boy Pharaoh King Tut as it is taken out of its sarcophagus and displayed to the public for the first time in a special climatized glass case in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt. An exhibit of the treasures found in the tomb of the famous boy pharaoh has opened in London. EPA/EGYPTIAN SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES EPA/SANDRO VANNINI.

CAIRO.- Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks at the inner sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun during her visit to the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, 19 November 2008. She is on an official visit to Cairo EPA/STR.

CAIRO.- Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks at the inner sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun during her visit to the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, 19 November 2008. She is on an official visit to Cairo EPA/STR.

CAIRO.- Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council, views the mummy of mother of Egyptian Boy King Tutankhamun after it was positively identified using DNA by an Egyptian-German team of archaeologists at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. EPA/MIKE NELSON.