 The mummy of Tutankhamun as photographed in 1926 | |
| Location | KV62, Valley of the Kings |
|---|---|
| Date discovered | 28 October 1925 |
| Excavated by | Howard Carter |
Tutankhamun's mummy was discovered by English Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team on 28 October 1925 in tomb KV62 in the Valley of the Kings. Tutankhamun was the 13th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, making his mummy over 3,300 years old. Tutankhamun's mummy is the only royal mummy to have been found entirely undisturbed.[1]
The burial chamber was found in 1922, but was not opened until a year later. Two years passed between the discovery of the tomb and that of the mummy and its famous death mask. The discovery of the tomb as a whole was one of the most significant and famous archaeological discoveries in modern times. There has been much speculation about the king's life and cause of death since very little information about him is known.[2]
- ^ Ikram 2022, p. 11.
- ^ Mace 1975.