The event comes exactly 85 years after the site was discovered by British explorer Howard Carter.

Until now, only about 50 living people have seen the 3,000-year-old face.

The face remained intact because of the mummification process and will continue to be protected from heat and humidity.

"The golden boy has magic and mystery and therefore every person all over the world will see what Egypt is doing to preserve the golden boy, and all of them I am sure will come to see the golden boy," Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass told reporters.

Tutankhamun was probably still in his teens when he died. Although he was a fairly minor royal, the treasures that were unearthed have captivated the world and drawn millions to the Valley of the Kings.

Critics say the remains will be put under threat by the heat and the humidity brought into the tomb by the vast crowds.

A photographer
photographs the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut in his new
glass case in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in
Luxor, Egypt Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007.

Via: BBC News