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    The tomb of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy-king, was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter. He had been excavating in Egypt for over 30 years, funded by British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, when Carter finally located Tutankhamun's intact tomb. On November 4th, Carter's water carrier accidentally stumbled upon steps leading into the tomb. Over the following weeks, Carter and his team carefully excavated the stairway and discovered a sealed doorway. It was not until November 25th that the sealed doors were opened, revealing a corridor filled with rubble. On November 26th, the second sealed door was breached, and Carter saw the antechamber

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    The tomb of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy-king, was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter. He had been excavating in Egypt for over 30 years, funded by British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, when Carter finally located Tutankhamun's intact tomb. On November 4th, Carter's water carrier accidentally stumbled upon steps leading into the tomb. Over the following weeks, Carter and his team carefully excavated the stairway and discovered a sealed doorway. It was not until November 25th that the sealed doors were opened, revealing a corridor filled with rubble. On November 26th, the second sealed door was breached, and Carter saw the antechamber

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    The tomb of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy-king, was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter. He had been excavating in Egypt for over 30 years, funded by British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, when Carter finally located Tutankhamun's intact tomb. On November 4th, Carter's water carrier accidentally stumbled upon steps leading into the tomb. Over the following weeks, Carter and his team carefully excavated the stairway and discovered a sealed doorway. It was not until November 25th that the sealed doors were opened, revealing a corridor filled with rubble. On November 26th, the second sealed door was breached, and Carter saw the antechamber

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    Who discovered Tutankhamun's Tomb?

    The tomb of Egypt's boy-king Tutankhamun was


    discovered by Howard Carter.

    What was Howard Carter's job?

    He was an archaeologist from England working in


    Egypt. He wanted to find out about the people
    who lived in Egypt in ancient times.

    By 1922, other Archaeologists thought they had found all the tombs but
    Carter worked out that there was one still left - the tomb of Tutankhamen.

    Carter had worked in Egypt for 31 years


    before he found King Tutankhamun's tomb.

    Who paid the bills for looking for


    the tomb?
    Lord Carnarvon was a wealthy Englishman who
    was interested in Ancient Egypt. He gave the
    money to pay the bills for Howard Carter's
    work in Egypt.

    They searched for Tutankhamun’s tomb, in the hot dusty Valley of the Kings,
    for five years without finding anything.

    Lord Carnarvon ended up paying a lot of money to find the tomb.

    Lord Carnarvon, after spending a million pounds, was giving up hope of ever
    finding Tutankhamun’s tomb, but Carter persuaded him to carry on funding
    for one more years digging, beginning in Autumn 1922.

    November 1922 On November 1, 1922, Carter began his final season


    working in the Valley of the Kings, by having his workers excavate the
    workmen's huts at the base of the tomb of Rameses VI.
    1
    Saturday, November 4.
    First steps of tomb found.

    On the morning of November 4th, 1922, a waterboy hit


    a strange rock with his heel as he tried to make a place
    to set jars of water. The sand around the rock was
    cleared revealing that the rock was infact a step.
    Everyone was so excited as they knew that most tombs
    in the valley had stairways cutting into the rock. They
    began to clear the area of sand and gradually uncovered another step, then
    another, and another until a flight of steps was cleared.

    Sunday, November 5.
    The steps led down to what looked like the top part of a door ........ a sealed
    door made of brick and plaster.

    How did Carter know that the tomb belonged to a king?


    Carter knew they were in luck when he noticed that the plaster coating on
    the stone doorway was embedded with a special stamp that was only used
    on royal tombs. This meant that the door would lead to the tomb of a very
    important person.

    Extract from Howard Carter’s Diary:

    "'Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which
    was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and
    sealed doorway. Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it
    really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward
    appearances that it was intact."

    To protect the find Carter ordered his workmen to cover the steps. He
    didn't want anyone else to find the tomb.

    2
    As anxious as he was to enter the tomb, Carter decided to wait for
    Carnarvon to arrive from England, so he too could witness the opening of the
    tomb. He sent a telegram to Lord Carnarvon telling him of the find and
    asking him to come to Egypt.

    Long Wait!
    It was nearly three weeks after finding
    the first step that Carter was able to
    proceed. On November 23rd, Lord
    Carnarvon and his daughter, Lady Evelyn
    Herbert, arrived in Luxor.

    The following day, the workers had again


    cleared the staircase, now exposing all
    Lord Carnarvon with his daughter Evelyn,
    and Howard Carter (right), on the top step 16 of its steps and the full face of the
    of the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb sealed doorway.

    Bad News!
    Now that the door was fully exposed, to their dismay, they noticed that the
    upper left of the doorway had been broken through, probably by tomb
    robbers, and resealed. Carter was very nervous that the tomb would be
    empty after all.
    Saturday, November 25
    Opened first door.

    A corridor filled with rubble

    On the morning of November 25th, the sealed doorway was photographed and
    the seals noted. Then the door was removed.

    A passageway emerged from the darkness, filled to the top with limestone
    rubble. Upon closer examination, Carter could tell that the tomb robbers had
    dug a hole through the upper left section of the passageway.

    3
    The hole had been refilled with larger, darker rocks than those used for the
    rest of the fill. Carter was very disappointed and afraid that this might
    mean the tomb had been robbed.

    Sunday, November 26
    Opened second doorway leading into the antechamber.

    Howard Carter's description upon opening the door to the antechamber:

    “With trembling hands I made a tiny breach in the upper left-hand corner.
    Darkness showed that whatever lay beyond was empty, and not filled like
    the passage we had just cleared...

    I inserted the candle and peered in, Lord Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn
    standing anxiously beside me to hear the verdict. At first I could see
    nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flames to
    flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of
    the room within emerged slowly from the mist ....

    ..... strange animals,


    statues and gold -
    everywhere the glint of
    gold. For the moment - an
    eternity it must have
    seemed to the others
    standing by - I was struck
    dumb with amazement.

    When Lord Carnarvon,


    unable to stand the
    suspense any longer,
    inquired anxiously, 'Can
    you see anything?' it was
    all I could do to get out the words, "Yes, wonderful things."

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