Today is the anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern times. On November 4, 1922, more than 3,200 years after King Tut’s reign, British archaeologist, Howard Carter, discovered one of the only unplundered royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes (modern day city of Luxor), Egypt.
Perhaps you’d like to browse through one of the many books our library has about the life and and times of the boy king:
- Discovering Tutankhamun : from Howard Carter to DNA
- Tutankhamen : the search for an Egyptian king
- Howard Carter : the path to Tutankhamun
- The shadow king : the bizarre afterlife of king Tut’s mummy
- Tutankhamun, his tomb and its treasures
- Tutankhamun and the golden age of the pharaohs
- Tutankhamen : life and death of a pharaoh
- King Tutankhamun : the treasures of the tomb
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