![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PQ4MG6ZQ262VLZPGMOGPOLYTG4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f8c60f968b67c7f88c7f9111048a08a2ab08c952c7c2ab09e40fbdb40bf71a6&width=400&height=225)
Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, containing the pharaoh’s gold coffin. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MAAJST5FSEE7E2QTBF26IZVV2Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=a67c0e822ce192b0bade222906067d0ef4b37f55a1e9a045440e5e99ca5ffaca&width=400&height=225)
English Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874-1939, right) with the patron of his research, archaeologist and Fifth Earl of Carnarvon George Herbert (1866-1923), at the Valley of the Kings excavation site, Egypt. In 1922 the pair discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SGLTUU4KMZEYPCYMFTRFD3BOSA.jpg?smart=true&auth=ff46fa8933c2b5afb848a5530cbca863ce03c1c21822ea2ed713a47777a22f93&width=400&height=225)
Carter and an Egyptian colleague examining the inner coffin. Photo: The Bodleian Library / University of Oxford
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/B5ZDMRCWXQBS7RT5XXC6B76I34.jpg?smart=true&auth=60da2d6d59193fb432aa2acd5d3c7c7a47fcd5663b1fe59ea7abdc273dcc9b4d&width=400&height=225)
Closing the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, February 1923. The discovery of the tomb in 1922 was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because of his association with the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten, who was Tutankhamun's father-in-law. Consequently his tomb, uniquely, had remained undisturbed by grave robbers. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XPVQH6XPPWBB65LC7MSCC77KVA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9d4113161f2e7d2fafeeca2b9f56d7c9dd130934864a8fb714121766db40619a&width=400&height=225)
Objects found in the antechamber. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XOZQSOX473WH6AYM4X5DE5G6GM.jpg?smart=true&auth=1615a434386bb7f938ed231fa5942e42045648678d8b4cb49add05027215a671&width=400&height=225)
Carter and associates opening the doors of King Tutankhamun's burial shrine in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt; screen print from a photograph, 1923. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/364QJHJBHCCAZRLSMLXK2QRT3Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=f7dcee49db2adc78409e91503a2eb02a7eca65a5d1eb774be36a59db29c56c04&width=400&height=225)
British archaeologists Carter, left, and Arthur Callender, who died in 1937, remove objects from the antechamber of the tomb with help from an Egyptian worker, Thebes, Egypt, 1923. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HZ55E3IHIJG3FAEWDHXNATUH7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=87a5f8e110529434cd2352e1ec1404812a791ce90bebca7abc13969e0c7a9c85&width=400&height=225)
One of Carter’s record cards showing his drawing of the jackal god Anubis with notes and measurements. Photo: Griffith Institute / University of Oxford
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ABPEKRUNQFOH7KSNPEBQNPJ4K4.jpg?smart=true&auth=0c79175ce7bc171f732c2db6506d2448893973ebcbf47a98ab44dd1c884ae0bc&width=400&height=225)
Carter, right, opening the door to the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RIXW3WNXDE6JJ7GCXAE7BOYGGE.jpg?smart=true&auth=117f817286b321405a5ada3da3fdefa80c01a746a9f07f2977aeff63fd134f59&width=400&height=225)
The Earl of Carnavon, who financed the excavation. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NFC6I26LDIZSYTMQ7CX7TWCGD4.jpg?smart=true&auth=711d1fd7264b8ffd615d33d602404730fc96fc26ffbf25d0afc19d2f1546b510&width=400&height=225)
An illustration of Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon inside the tomb. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PQ4MG6ZQ262VLZPGMOGPOLYTG4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f8c60f968b67c7f88c7f9111048a08a2ab08c952c7c2ab09e40fbdb40bf71a6&width=400&height=225)
Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, containing the pharaoh’s gold coffin. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MAAJST5FSEE7E2QTBF26IZVV2Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=a67c0e822ce192b0bade222906067d0ef4b37f55a1e9a045440e5e99ca5ffaca&width=400&height=225)
English Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874-1939, right) with the patron of his research, archaeologist and Fifth Earl of Carnarvon George Herbert (1866-1923), at the Valley of the Kings excavation site, Egypt. In 1922 the pair discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SGLTUU4KMZEYPCYMFTRFD3BOSA.jpg?smart=true&auth=ff46fa8933c2b5afb848a5530cbca863ce03c1c21822ea2ed713a47777a22f93&width=400&height=225)
Carter and an Egyptian colleague examining the inner coffin. Photo: The Bodleian Library / University of Oxford
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/B5ZDMRCWXQBS7RT5XXC6B76I34.jpg?smart=true&auth=60da2d6d59193fb432aa2acd5d3c7c7a47fcd5663b1fe59ea7abdc273dcc9b4d&width=400&height=225)
Closing the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, February 1923. The discovery of the tomb in 1922 was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because of his association with the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten, who was Tutankhamun's father-in-law. Consequently his tomb, uniquely, had remained undisturbed by grave robbers. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XPVQH6XPPWBB65LC7MSCC77KVA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9d4113161f2e7d2fafeeca2b9f56d7c9dd130934864a8fb714121766db40619a&width=400&height=225)
Objects found in the antechamber. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XOZQSOX473WH6AYM4X5DE5G6GM.jpg?smart=true&auth=1615a434386bb7f938ed231fa5942e42045648678d8b4cb49add05027215a671&width=400&height=225)
Carter and associates opening the doors of King Tutankhamun's burial shrine in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt; screen print from a photograph, 1923. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/364QJHJBHCCAZRLSMLXK2QRT3Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=f7dcee49db2adc78409e91503a2eb02a7eca65a5d1eb774be36a59db29c56c04&width=400&height=225)
British archaeologists Carter, left, and Arthur Callender, who died in 1937, remove objects from the antechamber of the tomb with help from an Egyptian worker, Thebes, Egypt, 1923. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HZ55E3IHIJG3FAEWDHXNATUH7M.jpg?smart=true&auth=87a5f8e110529434cd2352e1ec1404812a791ce90bebca7abc13969e0c7a9c85&width=400&height=225)
One of Carter’s record cards showing his drawing of the jackal god Anubis with notes and measurements. Photo: Griffith Institute / University of Oxford
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ABPEKRUNQFOH7KSNPEBQNPJ4K4.jpg?smart=true&auth=0c79175ce7bc171f732c2db6506d2448893973ebcbf47a98ab44dd1c884ae0bc&width=400&height=225)
Carter, right, opening the door to the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RIXW3WNXDE6JJ7GCXAE7BOYGGE.jpg?smart=true&auth=117f817286b321405a5ada3da3fdefa80c01a746a9f07f2977aeff63fd134f59&width=400&height=225)
The Earl of Carnavon, who financed the excavation. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NFC6I26LDIZSYTMQ7CX7TWCGD4.jpg?smart=true&auth=711d1fd7264b8ffd615d33d602404730fc96fc26ffbf25d0afc19d2f1546b510&width=400&height=225)
An illustration of Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon inside the tomb. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PQ4MG6ZQ262VLZPGMOGPOLYTG4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f8c60f968b67c7f88c7f9111048a08a2ab08c952c7c2ab09e40fbdb40bf71a6&width=400&height=225)
Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, containing the pharaoh’s gold coffin. Getty Images