It will give viewers a view of the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Menkaure. The new museum is planned to be the largest archaeological museum in the world. Tutankhamuns tomb was discovered by a historian called Howard Carter in a dig which began on 4 November, 1922 inside a valley in Egypt called the Valley of the Kings. Carter hired a crew of workers to help find the tomb but was interrupted by World War I. © Griffith Institute, University of Oxford Sarah Kuta Daily.

In 1914, Carnarvon received a license to dig at a site where it was believed the tomb of King Tutankhamun rested. British archaeologist Howard Carter and a crew of 60 Egyptian men and children discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922. Carters team worked for eight years cataloging each item and then moving them to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Hawass told NBC that the artifacts will be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, which is scheduled to open next year - though it has faced repeated delays. With Carnarvon’s backing, Carter led the excavation of Egyptian nobles’ tombs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Book, The Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter & A C Mace, 1930, 1927, 1933 at the best. Carters funding was about to run out when he made his big discovery - the tomb of Tutankhamun Years of Work The tomb was discovered in 1922, but it took a lot of work to carefully remove each item. The findings are believed to have been associated with another pharaoh, King Teti, as well as generals and advisers of King Tut. Now, Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former state minister for antiquities, tells NBC News that archaeologists have recently uncovered coffins, papyrus documents and other artifacts at the Saqqara site in Giza, near the country's capital. But archaeologists remained convinced that more remained undiscovered. 4, 1922 is considered one of the greatest finds in modern history.

The unearthing of King Tut's tomb on Nov. Crates are brought out of King Tut's tomb in 1923, shortly after its discovery.Ī century after the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb, archaeologists are still unearthing more artifacts - and controversies.

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