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"King Tut" (September 24, 2023)

By Ryan Priest
Published September 24, 2023 at 7:18 PM CDT
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The world is going wild about King Tut

In the early 1970s, millions of people flocked to museums to see a touring exhibition of artifacts from King Tut's tomb. In this program from September 24, 1975; Shep explains why its discovery was so important.

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