Tutankhamun's Tomb Uncovered: Egypt's Secrets Revealed
Howard Carter discovered a step carved into the bedrock of the Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922, after six years of excavation funded by Lord Carnarvon. Clearing the staircase revealed a sealed doorway stamped with Tutankhamun's cartouche. When Carter peered through a small hole into the antechamber on November 26, Carnarvon asked 'Can you see anything?' Carter replied 'Yes, wonderful things.' The tomb was the most intact royal burial ever found in Egypt: four rooms containing over 5,000 objects, including the iconic gold death mask weighing 24 pounds of solid gold. Tutankhamun was a minor pharaoh who died at 19. His tomb was overlooked by grave robbers for 3,000 years precisely because it was small and buried under debris from later construction. The discovery ignited global 'Egyptomania' that persists today.
November 4, 1922
104 years ago
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