Discovery in the Valley of the Kings
Around 1324 BCE, King Tutankhamun ruled Egypt. His rule was short-lived. He came to the throne when he was nine and he died at the age of 19. He was barely known to the modern world until Howard Carter discovered his tomb in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb had been sealed for more than 3000 years. Inside the tomb were artefacts and other things that were to accompany the king to the afterlife.
King Tut, as he came to be known, was the grandson of the great Pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the son of Akhenaten.
Howard Carter’s financial partner Lord Carnarvon died four months after entering the tomb. There were several other deaths, all of people who had visited the tomb. This gave rise to the rumour of the ‘Curse of the Pharoahs’.
King Tut had a crippling bone disease in his clubbed foot. He is the only Pharoah known to have been depicted seated while engaged in physical activities. He did not enjoy good health.
Artefacts from King Tut’s tomb have toured the world in museum shows. Tutankhamun’s mummy remains on display within the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in the KV62 chamber, his layered coffins replaced with a climate-controlled glass box. His golden mask is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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