Tutankhamun's tomb
Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in November 1922 by the
archaeologists Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon.
The discovery was an important archaeological event.
Tutankhamun's tomb is the the only tomb dating from
Egypt’s New Kingdom (c1550–1069 BC) to have been found
substantially intact. The contents provide an unequalled insight
into royal funerary practices, art and craftsmanship of the
period.
All of the items found inside the tomb are now in the Cairo and
Luxor museums in Egypt, while Carter’s excavation records are kept
in the Griffith Institute,
Oxford.
Image: The antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun as first seen by
the excavators © Griffith Institute.