Visit your mummy at King Tut exhibits

King Tut is back in town. Aside from the Times Square main attraction, museums uptown and across the East River are taking note. Here's a guide to ancient Egypt without leaving the city.

1. Golden Age

King Tutankhamun has been dead since 1323 BC. So who would've guessed that arrival of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs" would be accompanied by a news flash? Recent DNA test results added to the show suggest the "boy king" was not murdered but died of gangrene from a broken leg. Not even a pharaoh could afford decent health care in ancient Egypt. Who knew? More than 50 objects are from Tut's tomb, a few of which were part of the 1979 blockbuster U.S. tour. Another 80 objects - all from more than three millennia past - focus on the daily life of ancient Egyptians and the royal burial practices of the 18th dynasty, of which Tut was but a fleeting part in his nine-year reign.

WHEN | WHERE Friday through Jan. 2 Discovery Times Square Exposition, 226 W. 44th St.

INFO $17.50-$29.50, kingtutnyc.com, 888-988-8692

2. Pharoah's Funeral

Now that we know how Tut died, see how he was memorialized at "Tutankhamun's Funeral." The Metropolitan Museum of Art flexes its Egyptology muscles for a complementary exhibit of artifacts associated with the burial of a pharaoh. Fourteen years before Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb, American archaeologist Theodore Davis unearthed animal bones, linen and embalming refuse from Tut's mummification, a discovery that pointed to his tomb only meters away. You'll see floral collars, linen sheets, bandages and ceremonial jars and bowls arranged to reveal the rites of the pharoah's send-off.

WHEN | WHERE Through Sept. 6, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave.

INFO $10-$20 suggested admission, metmuseum.org, 212-535-7710

3. Afterlife

For an ethereal look at Tut's passing, the Brooklyn Museum has drawn more than 100 objects from its Egyptian collection in its "To Live Forever" exhibit. Masterworks of the land of pharaohs' artistic heritage reveal ancient Egyptians' beliefs about life, death and afterlife. Mummification itself illustrates one of the strategies deployed in their belief - or wish - that death could be defeated. Objects include a painted relief of Queen Neferu, roughly 2008-1957 BC. Now that's old!

WHEN | WHERE Through May 2, Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy.

INFO $6-$10 (suggested); brooklynmuseum.org, 718-638-5000