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 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 influential or best known of the pharaohs, and his tomb isn t the biggest or the most spectacular, but the find was a sensation in 1922 and made headlines around the world. now, then, this is very exciting, because i ve been given permission to actually go down these steps to ground level and get a closer look.
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.
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 influential or best known of the pharaohs, and his tomb isn t the biggest or the most spectacular, but the find was a sensation in 1922 and made headlines around the world. now, then, this is very exciting, because i ve been given permission to actually go down these steps to ground level and get a closer look.
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 influential or best known of the pharaohs, and his tomb isn t the biggest or the most spectacular, but the find was a sensation in 1922 and made headlines around the world. now, then, this is very exciting, because i ve been given permission to actually go down these steps to ground level and get a closer look.