King Tutankhamun’s face is seen for the first time in over 3,300 YEARS

Tutankhamun stares at us through the millennia after scientists rebuilt his face and revealed a pharaoh who looks more like a “young student” than a king.

His facial features were brought to life by an international team of academics from Brazil, Australia and Italy using a digital model of his mummified skull.

The reconstruction reveals the youthful and ‘delicate’ face of a king who was still a teenager when he died more than three thousand years ago.

Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, co-author of the new study, said: “To me, he looks like a young man with a delicate face.

“When we look at him, we see more of a young student than a politician full of responsibilities, which makes the historical figure even more interesting.”

The famous “boy king” along with dozens of incredible treasures was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in November 1922 in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.

Tutankhamun stares at us through the millennia after scientists rebuilt his face and revealed a pharaoh who looks more like a “young student” than a king. Above: The CGI image compared to the actual skull of the Pharaoh

Because the international team did not have direct access to the pharaoh’s skull, it was extremely difficult to complete the new model.

Fortunately, previous studies had already recorded the skull measurements and published reference images.

Mr Moraes said: ‘It was detective work, where traces of information were put together [linked together] to give us a three-dimensional model of the skull.

“With the proportion data and some key cephalometric measurements, it was possible to take a virtual donor’s digital skull and modify it to become Tutankhamun’s skull.”

From there, Mr. Moraes said, they created “the size of the lips, the position of the eyeballs, the height of the ears and the front of the nose.”

“All of these projections are based on statistical studies performed on CT scans of living individuals from different ancestries,” he said.

Markings were then made on the skull that indicated the thickness of soft tissues in various places, using data from modern Egyptians as a guide.

With these and other techniques, the face was gradually rebuilt into an objective reconstruction.

Subjective elements such as eye color were then added to further humanize the subject.

It’s not the first time scientists have tried to recreate the likeness of the young pharaoh – another attempt was made in 2005.

Michael Habicht, an Egyptologist and archaeologist at Flinders University in Australia who co-authored the new study, noted the surprising similarity between the two reconstructions.

He said: “Our reconstruction is astonishingly close to that of a French team a few years ago.

“It also agrees with the ancient images of Tutankhamen, especially with the head on the lotus flower from his burial treasure.”

Because the team didn’t have direct access to the pharaoh’s skull, it was extremely difficult to complete the new model. Above: Tutankhamun’s mummified head with the skull inside

The experts used previously available reference images and measurements to recreate the young king’s face and head. They also used the digital skull of a virtual donor and then modified it

The team said a lot of “detective work” was involved to create the incredible CGI rendering

Markings were made on the skull that indicated the thickness of soft tissues in various places, using data from modern Egyptians as a guide. With these and other techniques, the face was gradually rebuilt into an objective reconstruction

The project to recreate Tutankhamun’s face and head is progressing in a series of scans

An image of the young pharaoh as a child found in his tomb

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in November 1922 made headlines around the world. More than 5,000 items were found inside, including a solid gold coffin, face mask, thrones, furniture, food, and wine. Pictured: A colorized image of Howard Carter examining the Pharaoh’s coffin

Gold and lapis lazuli burial mask of Tutankhamun found in his tomb is on display

Mr. Moraes is convinced that they have created a good likeness of the Pharaoh in life.

He said: ‘Confronted with the studies we have developed using data from living people, comparing projections with actual measurements, we are confident that there is good compatibility with the real face in the overall structure.

“I entered as a person who appreciated ancient Egypt and now leave as a true fan of this impressive culture, full of determination to study more and uncover other pieces of its fantastic history.”

Tutankhamun, who was worshiped as a god during his lifetime, died in 1323 BC and was succeeded by his advisor, Ay.

Mr. Moraes, Dr. Habicht and their colleagues – Francesco Galassi, Elena Varotto and Thiago Beaini – publish their study in the Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology.

Howard Carter examines Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus in his tomb, which was more than 20 feet underground

Howard Carter is seen pointing down to the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb

Carter initially viewed Tutankhamun’s tomb through a small hole in masonry after two days of digging through a rubble-filled passageway.

He held up a candle, looked inside, and famously answered Carnarvon’s impatient question, “Can you see anything?”

“Yes,” he said. “Wonderful things.”

The tomb – which included four chambers – was filled with more than 5,000 royal treasures, including a dagger made from meteorite.

They had lain untouched for over 3,000 years.

The room also contained three coffins nestled inside each other, the innermost of which contained the Boy King’s body.

It’s not the first time scientists have tried to recreate the young pharaoh’s likeness – a new attempt was made in 2005 (above)

KING TUTANKHAMUN: THE PARAOH WHO RIGLED IN EGYPT OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO

The face of Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty and reigned between 1332 BC and 1323 BC. That’s right, his famous golden funeral mask

Tutankhamen was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty and reigned between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

He was the son of Akhenaten and ascended the throne when he was nine or ten years old.

When he became king, he married his half-sister, Ankhesenpaaten.

He died around age 18 and his cause of death is unknown.

In 1907, Lord Carnarvon George Herbert asked English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter to oversee excavations in the Valley of the Kings.

On November 4, 1922, Carter’s group found steps leading to Tutankhamun’s tomb.

He spent several months cataloging the antechamber before opening the burial chamber and discovering the sarcophagus in February 1923.

When the tomb was discovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter, under the patronage of Lord Carnarvon, the media frenzy that followed was unprecedented.

It took Carter and his team 10 years to clear the tomb of its treasure because of the multitude of artifacts found inside.

To many, Tut epitomizes the glory of ancient Egypt as his tomb was filled with the glittering wealth of the wealthy 18th Dynasty from 1569 to 1315 BC.

Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s head of antiquities (3rd from left), oversees the removal of the lid from King Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famous Valley of the Kings in 2007.