British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt in November 1922. The tomb was opened on this day in 1923.
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The Grand Egyptian Museum (also known as the Giza Museum) is a new archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt, just 2 km (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. Scheduled to open in 2021, it will be the largest archaeological museum in the world, housing and displaying 50,000 artifacts of ancient Egypt, including the complete Tutankhamun collection of 5,000 relics. One item has many people concerned about a curse – the mummy of King Tut, which has been kept in his underground tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. Placed on display in a climate-controlled glass box in 2007, it has never been moved … ostensibly because of its historical significance and fragility, but also because of the alleged curse of Tutankhamun – which was said to cause the early deaths of many who were present when the tomb was opened. Now Tut is going to be transported away from Luxor – will the curse affect the new movers?