The burial chamber lay exactly as it was on the day the priests had tied the knots on the shrine enclosing the sarcophagus. Who can guess how many people have since been inspired to become archaeologists, or just took up an interest in Egyptology thanks to the discovery of the funerary goods and priceless artefacts of a long-dead teenaged monarch? The reason this tomb was missed by grave-robbers is that its location was never recorded and later, a much larger tomb was built almost on top of it. This was the first time an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb had been discovered intact. The find by archaeologist Howard Carter created a worldwide sensation, fuelling the imagination of the public and raising interest in ancient Egypt and its culture to an unprecedented level throughout the world. Pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried at Thebes in the Valley of the Kings in 1323 BC with a vast treasure which lay undiscovered until 1922. Howard Carter, author of The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun. The Pharaoh, who in life was one of the least-esteemed of Egypt's kings, has become in death the most renowned.
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