All that remains is for archaeologists to find them. Children learn the story of Tutankhamun at primary school, and the artefacts from his grave will soon become the centrepiece of Cairo’s new Grand Egyptian Museum.īut there are other “wonderful things” still hidden around the world, many the equal of Tutankhamun’s treasures. Since then, nothing like it has captured the public imagination in quite the same way. Inside lay the boy king, untouched for more than 3,000 years, his face covered by a fabulous golden mask. It was a moment of archaeological history. Carter and Lord Carnavon entered the tomb's interior chambers in November 1922, but opened the door to the last chamber only the following February, on the 16th. It was 100 years ago this week that the pair were alerted to the tomb by a 12-year-old, who stumbled upon it. “Can you see anything?” Lord Carnarvon asked Howard Carter as he peered through a crack in the tomb, illuminated only by the light of a single candle.
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