One of Howard Carter's crews spotted a stone step in the sand on November 4, 1922. Soon after, a lengthy stairway was uncovered, going down to a shut door. Carter phoned his buddy Lord Carnarvon to inform him of the discovery. Carnarvon returned to Egypt after a two-week voyage by ship, rail, and donkey. When he reached Cairo, he sent for more help. Within two days, they had exposed the entire chamber, where they found an amazing collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts: a golden mask, statuettes, spears, swords, knives, an archer's bow, and even part of a chariot wheel. Carter's team was able to reconstruct parts of the history of ancient Egypt through these objects. The chariot part came from the Fourth Dynasty (2400 B.C.). It is made of gold and covered with images of horses and warriors. This suggests that the whole thing was once part of a ceremonial chariot used in state ceremonies. The rest of the items come from later periods. For example, the knife was probably used to cut the meat served at royal banquets. The sword may have been worn by a guard or servant. The goal of this mission was to bring back as many of the artifacts as possible for display in the British Museum. But some items were damaged during removal from the tomb. That's why we now only see parts of them. The face value of the items removed from the tomb totals £5,000 ($7,300).