Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, unlocks Tutankhamun's nearly undamaged tomb in Egypt in 1922.
The tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died in 1323 BC at the age of roughly 18, was found late in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, across the Nile from Luxor. His tomb was one that Carter had been looking for for years. Tutankhamun, or King Tut, had a tomb filled of amazing items that was virtually undamaged. These items, combined with his remains, would reveal a great deal about the life and death of this young king.
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