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When Howard Carter unsealed the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 it proved to be one of history's greatest discoveries.
On November 4th 1922 a breathless archaeologist, who had spent his life working in Egypt, wrote a hurried diary entry: “First steps of Tomb Found”. This was the very moment that Howard Carter ...
“The oft-quoted curse “Death will come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king” does not actually appear ...
Tutankhamun’s tomb, discovered in 1922, is still the most intact pharaoh’s tomb ever found. At the time, King Tut’s exquisite artifacts and his elaborate burial shrine captivated the world ...
The tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh has been found for the first time since the discovery of Tutankhamun more than a century ago. The tomb of Thutmose II, the last king’s tomb to be found from the ...
The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in ...
OXFORD, England, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Egypt's "boy king" Tutankhamun has gripped the imagination since his tomb was discovered in 1922, and a new exhibition tells the enthralling tale of how ...
Tutankhamun's tomb was first opened by archeologists in November 1922, after Carter spent years searching the so-called "Valley of the Kings" for a previously undiscovered tomb.
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"Since the discovery of his tomb, Tutankhamun has captured the hearts of people around the world," said Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the first such find since King Tutankhamun’s resting place was unearthed in 1922, Egyptian officials announced this week.
Egypt's "boy king" Tutankhamun has gripped the imagination since his tomb was discovered in 1922, and a new exhibition tells the enthralling tale of how archaeologists unearthed and recorded the ...