Shortly after, the team happened upon the tomb. But the Carnarvons agreed to Carter’s plea for one final shot at it, and his persistence paid off. Due to Lady Carnarvon’s impatience, the excavation was almost abandoned. But on November 4, 1922, they made a discovery that would astound the world: the tomb of King Tutankhamun was revealed. Howard Carter’s DiscoveryĬarter was a British archaeologist who, along with his associate Lord Carnarvon, spent many years and a lot of Carnarvon’s money searching for an unknown tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings near Luxor. We dig (pun intended!) into the events surrounding this momentous occasion, the ripple of excitement it caused around the world, and the lasting legacy of Tutankhamun. This year, 2022, marks a significant milestone for Egyptology as we celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of discovering King Tut’s treasures. In 1922, Howard Carter made what many consider the world’s greatest archaeological find when he unearthed the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt. Looking back at one hundred years since Howard Carter unearthed the treasures of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings
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