King Tut, Act II

(CBS)  King Tut, a star of Egyptian antiquity, kicks off his second American museum tour Thursday after an absence of almost 30 years.

Since the discovery of his tomb in 1922, the mystery behind Tut has fascinated people around the world.

CBS News Correspondent Sandra Hughes got a sneak peek at the highly anticipated exhibit.

The sequel was almost a quarter century in the making, but was well worth the wait, Hughes observes.

"We're trying to put Tutankhamun in his social, religious and political context," says Kathlyn Cooney, co-curator of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit, whose first stop is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art