Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1
Author: first_name: Howard
last_name: Carter
first_name: Arthur C. 
last_name: Mace
Language: English
Year: 1923

On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (around 1300 BCE). Different than all the tombs hitherto excavated, this was the first to be virtually undisturbed, and Carters words on a first look inside "Wonderful things!" have gone down in history. <br>Excavating the tomb in full took eight years, and most of the 5,398 items that were found there are now on display in the