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King Tut
King Tut

100 Years
100 Years

of Discovery
of Discovery

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher

The gold death mask of King Tut.

ne Hundred years ago this com- in early 2023 at the as-yet-unfinished
ing February, British archaeolo- Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo,
Ogist and Egyptologist Howard located near the Pyramids of Giza. Too
Carter entered an undiscovered burial fragile to travel outside of Egypt,
chamber in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings Tutankhamun’s mummy remains on
to discover what still is considered display within the tomb in the Valley of
one of the greatest archaeological the Kings in the KV62 chamber, his
finds of modern times: a sarcophagus layered coffins replaced with a climate-
holding the mummified remains of controlled glass box, and his golden
Tutankhamun, the boy king believed to burial mask is on display at the
have died around 1340 BCE. Since Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
then, the world has been fascinated with Closer to home, King Tut fans will
the life and death of this 18th Egyptian be able to learn more about his life and
Dynasty king and the story of discovery times during this celebratory year
that brought him back to life and through Beyond King Tut: The
captured the world’s attention. Immersive Experience, which had been
Artifacts from King Tut’s tomb have Crates are brought out of King Tut's tomb in 1923, at The National Geographic Museum
since toured the world in several block- shortly after its discovery. in Washington, D.C. and is now
buster museum shows, including the headed to select cities around the
worldwide 1972-79 Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibitions. Eight country this coming year. Done in partnership with National
million visitors in seven U.S. cities viewed the exhibition of the golden Geographic, The Immersive Experience features 25,000 square feet of
burial mask and 50 other precious items from the tomb. images and film that tell King Tut’s story and show what life was like
Leading up to the 2023 centennial anniversary of Carter’s discovery, in ancient Egypt in a way that brings this 3,000-year-old story to life in
Tut is again out on tour with 150 burial artifacts making their way a state-of-the-art way.
from exhibitions in London and then Sydney to their final resting place Below: Colorized depiction of the interior of King Tut’s tomb.

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