Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

Tutankhamun’s death mask, fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images A century ago this October, Egyptologist Howard Carter and his colleagues opened the innermost coffin of the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus for the first time in almost 3250 years. Inside they discovered the boy king’s mummy wearing an incredible mask fashioned from gold and…

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Katy Perry Sydney tour review: ‘I went to Katy Perry’s Lifetimes tour in Australia… these are my brutally honest thoughts’

OPINION — As I walked through the doors of Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena to see Katy Perry on Tuesday night, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hastily bought tickets months ago for my sister, my mum and myself, fuelled entirely by nostalgia for perhaps the best pop album ever made – Teenage Dream. But…

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