British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workers discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, although the little-known King Tutankhamun, who died at the age of 18, has still not been found. After World War I, Carter began an intensive search for “King Tut’s Tomb,” eventually finding steps to the burial chamber hidden in the debris near the entrance to the nearby tomb of King Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings. . On November 26, 1922, Carter and his fellow archaeologist Lord Carnarvon entered the interior chambers of the tomb, finding them miraculously intact.
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So began a process of monumental excavation in which Carter carefully explored the four-room tomb over several years, uncovering an incredible collection of several thousand objects. The most splendid architectural find was a stone sarcophagus containing three coffins nested within each other. Inside the last coffin, made of solid gold, was the mummy of boy-king Tutankhamun, which has been kept for over 3,000 years. Most of these treasures are now kept in the Cairo Museum.
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