As Egypt celebrates the centenary year of the discovery of King Tutankhamun s burial chamber, Rajan Datar heads to Luxor to come face to face with the Boy King.
As Egypt celebrates the centenary year of the discovery of King Tutankhamun s burial chamber, Rajan Datar heads to Luxor to come face to face with the Boy King.
As Egypt celebrates the centenary year of the discovery of King Tutankhamun s burial chamber, Rajan Datar heads to Luxor to come face to face with the Boy King.
in the world, and this has been a landmark year at the burial chamber many people make a beeline for. exactly 100 years ago, the tomb of the boy king tutankhamun was discovered underneath the desert close to the town of luxor. the team had been digging for years, and were right on the verge of giving up, when the top of a set of ancient steps appeared in the sand, and, lo and behold, this is what they saw. i mean, look at it incredible, absolutely astonishing. and when the archaeologists did come here, they didn tjust find his remains. they found ornaments, jewellery, paintings, bits of chariots, trumpets, perfume, and even wine. tutankhamun wasn t the most
egypt s valley of the kings perhaps the most famous archaeological site in the world. and this has been a landmark year at the burial chamber many people make a beeline for. exactly 100 years ago, the tomb of the boy king tutankhamun was discovered underneath the desert close to the town of luxor. the team had been digging for years and were right on the verge of giving up when the top of a set of ancient steps appeared in the sand. and lo and behold, this is what they saw. i mean, look at it. incredible. absolutely astonishing. the find was a sensation in 1922 and made headlines around the world. however, many say the egyptian contribution to all this