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By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide to Architecture since 1999

King Tut Rules Again

Friday May 13, 2005
From the Tomb of King Tutankhamen © 2000-www.arttoday.com The face of King Tut has been in the news a lot lately. How could we not be facinated by the new drawings that show how the ancient Egyptian King might have looked? Back in the 1920s, the discovery of King Tut's tomb inspired a passion for all things Egyptian. Zigzags and "ziggurat" shapes became the vogue in clothing, jewelry, furniture, graphic design and -- of course -- architecture. By 1925, the world had a jazzy new style known as Art Deco.
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