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No
tomb in the Valley of the Kings is more famous
than this. On November 26, 1922 was the
unimportant and unknown pharaoh Tutankhamun (1361-
1352 BCE) lifted up to world fame, when Howard
Carter and Lord Carnarvon performed the official
opening to the most original and complete of all
kings' graves in all of Egypt. The artwork and the
expensive materials looted from all other graves,
was still here. The tomb constructors had managed
to trick the thieves, the only time ever in the
history of ancient Egypt.
Practically all of moveable objects, and there
were 1700 have been moved into museums. Mainly to
The National Museum in Cairo, but some also to
Luxor Museum.
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So what is left, is actually very little.
In spite of the steep ticket price of EŁ40. The
reason why visitors come here, is true
fascination, or perhaps visitors want to get a
feeling of the room where all the pharaoh's
treasures were hidden for 3274 years. Most of the
objects were not in the burial chamber, but in two
undecorated chambers before, and the one after.
What you will see is a nice burial chamber, with
the innermost gold coffin and Tutankhamun's mummy.
Then some nice wall paintings, most glassed over.
But it is small, and honestly, cannot compare to
the big tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
By the way, there were thieves here once before
the official opening. On November 25 did the two
discoverers sneak into the tomb, and remove
several items before sealing the door. A modern
myth tells about the Curse of Tutankhamun,
inspired by the death of Lord Carnarvon 6 months
later. The curse caused sudden and often violent
deaths to all involved in opening the grave. The
myth still lives on, even if Howard Carter lived
for 17 years more dying at a quite normal age of
64.
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